 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
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled : 40 And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more. For then by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he... | |
 | 1870 - 464 страници
...length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued,...poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, 50 That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled: 40 And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried—...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank, The stifling wave, and then... | |
 | Léon Boucher - 1874 - 454 страници
...m'étendantsur son destin, — d'assurer à cette mélancolique histoire — quelque date plus durable. At length, his transient respite past, His comrades,...The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 304 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled : 40 And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated 'Help!' or...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 320 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled : 40 And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated ' Help !...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled : 40 And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated 'Help!' or...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 352 страници
...lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled : 40 And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated 'Help!' or...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 страници
...power, His destiny repelled: 40 And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated 'Help!' or cried—'Adieu!' At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 45 Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he... | |
 | John Whitford - 1877 - 360 страници
...for the vessel, instead of striking inshore for the bush. We heard his dreadful drowning cries, " And then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank.0 A lifebuoy was cut adrift and the gig lowered at once, but the boat returned in a few hours... | |
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