 Adieu!' At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, 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...  The Works of William Cowper, Esq: Comprising His Poems, Corrsepondence, and ... - Page 90by William Cowper - 1837Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...heard his voice m ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank Tiie stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him...Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, , Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, lie drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet...That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Atisou's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I, therefore, purport... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...comrades, .who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For theUf by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then...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
...respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,...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 Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,...narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his ag(. Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize- the dead. I therefore... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry Hast, Could catch the sound no more. 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 worth, his age,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 220 pages
...comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then,'by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then...That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson',s tear. And tears, by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalise the dead. , • I therefore purpose... | |
 | 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 Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...respite past, His comrades, who befoie Had heard Ins voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,...but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his uame, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...Adieu ! " Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more.. For then by toil subdu'd, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank*. No...wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tslls his name, his worth, his age,. Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears, by bards or heroes shed,... | |
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