 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have u friend, Though a friend J am never to gee. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. • VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...thought after me? .Q tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance of the mind, Compar'd with the speed of its flight ! The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. oo When I think on my own native land, In a moment I... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind '. Compar'd with the speed of it's flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, * The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift.winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of if s flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of ifs flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of it's flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...A wish or a thought after me ? Oh! tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend T am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight; The tempest itself lags behind«, And the swift winged arrows of light. i When I think of my own native land, In a moment I... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Tim' a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight. The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem... | |
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Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. 
