 Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes...  The Poems of William Cowper ... - Page 457by William Cowper - 1835 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sqnk. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. i No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his ag(. Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone; When,... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...For theUf by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his...bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. ' / therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Ansoris tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, v Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...by bards or heroes fhed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpofe not, or dream, Defcanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery ftUl delights to trace Its 'femblance in another's cafe. No voice divine the ft6rm allay'd,... | |
 | English poetry - 1804 - 862 pages
...immortalise tke dead. . : • - «.«'. .. * I thery forç purposp riQt, qr dream, Descanting' on h:e fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But misery still delicts to trace In 'semblance in another's ease. ' No voice divine the storm allay 'd, No light propitious... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 220 pages
...age, Is wet with Anson'^ tear. And tears, by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalise the dead. 9 • I therefore purpose not, or dream,, - Descanting on...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace « Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ;... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 222 pages
...sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his ;iije. Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears, by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dreamy Descanting on his fate, \ To give the melancholy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his...enduring date, But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him: but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his uame, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When,... | |
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