Aware that flight, in such a sea, Alone could rescue them ; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh. He long survives who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repeU'd : And ever... The minor poems of William Cowper - Страница 9по William Cowper - 1818 - 108 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 страници
...no heJp could come, till "At length, his transient respite put, His comrades, who before Had beard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more ; For then, by toil subdued, he drank Tin' stifling wave, and then be sank;" he thus finishes, applying the case of the Castaway to his own... | |
| Presbyterian Church of England - 1849
...ship is driven away before the storm. His mates throw over " the coop," " the floated cord," but — " At length his transient respite past, His comrades...every blast Could catch the sound no more, For then subdued by toil he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank." And when Cowper concludes hy making... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 508 страници
...who lives an hour In ocean self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power His destiny repelled : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. s,jl No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name,... | |
| Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - 1850 - 586 страници
...ocean, self-upheld; And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled; And ever, as the moments flew, Entreated help, or cried adieu. At length, his...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank." On the retreat of the tide, his body was found iu one place, part of his clothes in another, and were... | |
| Henry Theodore Cheever - 1850 - 330 страници
...Side. A moving Incident. CHAPTER XI. AUTHENTIC TRAGEDIES AND PERILS OF THE WHALING SERVICE. At length his comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. And he, they knew, nor ship nor shore, Whate'er they did, should visit more. COWPEB'S Castaway. IN... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 страници
...who lives an hour In ocean self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power His destiny repelled : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 страници
...survives who lives an hour In ocean self-upheld: And so long he with unspent power His destiny repelled; And ever as the minutes flew Entreated help, or cried...poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere That tolls his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Alison's tear; And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 страници
...who lives an hour In ocean self upheld : And so long he, with unspent power His destiny repelled : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried...who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could cateh the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 620 страници
...unspent power His destiny repelled: And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried—"Adien!" you yourself have never seen cateh the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 790 страници
...unspent pow'r, His destiny repell'd : And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cry'd — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could r.itrli the sound no more. F-or then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
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