 | 1801 - 530 pages
...always distress'd, — Me howling, winds drive devious, teinpest-toss'd, Sails rrpt, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost ; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me."... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1801 - 614 pages
...withheld, always distress'd — Me howling winds drive devious, tempest-toss' d, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost ; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. s But oh the thought that thou art safe, and he, That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...withheld, always distress' d.... Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more dif ant from a prosp'rous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...port withheld, always distrest; Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams open'ing wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Bat oh ! the thought that thau art safe, and he, That thought is joy — arrive what may to me ! In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...port withheld, always distressed — Me howling winds drive devious, tempest tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...port wrthhdd, always distressed— Me howling winds drive devioui, tempest tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting foYee Sets rue more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that ihou arfsafe, and he... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...withheld, always dtstress'd— Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, ; Sails rrpt,' seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and be ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...tempest-toas'd, Sail* ript, seams opening wide, aa4 compass lott : And, day by day, some current'* thwarting' force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." The principal pleasure... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 207 pages
...withheld, always distressed. Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails i-ipt, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day, some current's...from a prosperous course ; But oh, the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may ts me. My boast is not that I deduce my... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 504 pages
...always distress'd— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest- toss' d, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous conrse. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
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Yet oh, the thought that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins... 
