 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...  Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of Cowper - Page 401by George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank Tiie stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...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
...catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, lie 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 Atisou's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I, therefore, purport... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...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,...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. i No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch'djrom all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...Could catch the sound no more. For theUf by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...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
...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 Ansoris tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, v Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...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 ag(. Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize- the dead. I therefore... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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
...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 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
...stifling wave, and then he sank*. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tslls his name, his worth, his age,. Is wet with Anson's...give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery still delights to trace. Its 'semblance m.another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd,.... | |
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