Adieu !' At length his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative... The life of William Cowper - Página 318por Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1878 - 626 páginas
...entitled " The Castaway " ; this was his last original composition ; the allusion needs no comment : — " No poet wept him, but the page Of narrative sincere,...ANSON'S tear ; And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 páginas
...drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, 50 That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with...immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, 55 Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date; But misery still delights... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1868 - 694 páginas
...^etliget benne Ultyffelige et fmuit ©igt, af fyoilfet jeg ibetmtnbfte »tí anf0re en @гго)з^е: No poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere...That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Ansons tear: And tears by bards and heroes' shed, Alike immortalize the dead. £)en 3bie Slprti ubbr0b... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere,...Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
| English poetry - 1869 - 328 páginas
...Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, 129 And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, nor dream,... | |
| 1870 - 462 páginas
...drank, The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, 50 That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with...immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, 55 Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date ; But misery still delights... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 páginas
...And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, 55 Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme...delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. 60 No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When snatched from all effectual aid... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1871 - 512 páginas
...catch the sound no more. For then by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. " No poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere,...not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melaucholy theme A more enduring date; But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1871 - 528 páginas
...catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. ' No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Alison's tear ; And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. ' I therefore purpose... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere...Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No yoice divine the storm allayed,... | |
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