 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 страници
...A wis,h or a thought after me 1 O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see 6 How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with...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 ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 страници
...after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance df the mind ! Compared 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; But... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 страници
...that no two rays of light are strictly consonant either in form or in operation. ' How swift is the glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.' It is, nevertheless, certain, that not one of the satellites, planets,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 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-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 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-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | John Howell - 1837 - 154 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 arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seern to be there ;... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 страници
...send A wish or a thought after me I 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...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 ; But alas ! rocolleetion at hand... | |
 | John Angell James - 1859 - 196 страници
...A wish or a thought after me 1 O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to sec. " How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its Sight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. " When I tlvink of my... | |
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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? 
