 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 страници
...I yet have a friend, Though a friend I um never to see. How fleet isa glance of the mind: Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd artows of light When I think of my own native land. In a moment, 1 seem to be there; But.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 страници
...yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 страници
...yet have a friend. Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd ariows of light; When I think of my own native land, In a moment, I seem to be there*,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 страници
...is a glance of the mind ! And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 страници
...send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet havq a friend, Though a friend 1 am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with...its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 страници
...thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | William Russell - 1846 - 394 страници
...yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. " How fleet is a glance of trie mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 страници
...send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with...its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there l... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 страници
...send A wish or a thought after me ? Oh tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see! How fleet is a glance of the mind, Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags bchind, And the swift-winged arrows of light ! When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem... | |
 | 1847 - 312 страници
...forms : 1. Stanza of Four or Eight Lines of Three " anapasts," or equivalent feet. " How fleet a | Is a glance | of the mind ! Compared | with the speed | of its flight, | The temp- | est ItsSlf | lags behind, | And the swift | winged ar- | rows of light." 2. Stanza of Four... | |
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Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? 
