| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pages
...withheld, always distressed — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost ; And day by day some...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...withheld, always distress'd — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet oh the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| 1846 - 608 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...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course." On leaving his beloved retreat at Weston — which he seems to have done with a presentiment that he... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 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... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...port withheld, always distrest — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tost, Sails ripped, 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, arrive2 what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...withheld, always distressed — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost ; And day by day some...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O, the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...withheld, always distressed — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet, O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| William Cowper - 1845 - 394 pages
...withheld, always distress'd — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force • Garth. 19* ' Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe,... | |
| 1846 - 332 pages
...withheld, always distressed — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet, O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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 course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
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