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" 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 ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even... "
Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record - Page 381
by Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 416 pages
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Lays for the Sabbath: A Collection of Religious Poetry

John Pierpont - 1860 - 338 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. 208 The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1863 - 438 pages
...to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles...
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The Children's Garland from the Best Poets

Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 386 pages
...to be there ; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought, Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles...
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The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volumes 7-9

Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...to be there; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair,...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place, And mercy — encouraging thought! — Gives even affliction a grace,...
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The poetical works of William Cowper, Volume 41

William Cowper - 1863 - 540 pages
...to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair,...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 'a mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And...
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Third Book of Lessons for the Use of Schools

1863 - 316 pages
...to be there : But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cavern repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy (encouraging thought !) Gives even affliction...
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Grammar of English grammars; or Advanced manual of English grammar and language

Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 pages
...jewels were disposed of. EXERCISE 7. • Tell the case of each noun in the following passages : — ' But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest ; The beast is laid down in his lair.' — Cotcper. ' Till critics blame and judges praise, The poet cannot claim his bays.' — Swift. '...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1863 - 982 pages
...land In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place, j And mercy, encouraging thought ! ' Gives even affliction a grace And...
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The Fifth Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...moment I seem to be there ; But, alas ! recollection« at hand THE FIFTH READER. 7. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest,, The beast is laid down in his lair 7 ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place ; And mercy,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1864 - 622 pages
...mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight. The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged ell, and righteousness and sin, Snares in his path,...God and his attributes, (a field of day Where 'tis There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought .' Gives even affliction a grace, And...
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