Ye winds, that have made me your sport, 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... English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry - Page 265by Lindley Murray - 1827 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1783 - 796 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend, A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me, I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How fteet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the fpeed of its ftight, . The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1782 - 384 pages
...friends do they now and then fend. ., :' /. / A wiflu or a thought after m'e)f."',;.n . n ., .:/,-;") O tell me I yet have a friend, : .... ' • .' . \ Though a friend I am never to fee. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? 0 tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itielf... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though, a friend I am never to fee.. VI. llo-y fleet is a;"glance of the the mind \ Compaf'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft... | |
 | Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I can vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Coropar'd with the fpml of its flight, The temped itfelf lags... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 380 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land 1 fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. X 2 VI. How i VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpecd of its flight, The... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 558 pages
...land I ihall vint no more. M/ friends, do they now and then fend A wifli or a thought after me i О tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to iee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight. The tempeft itfeif... | |
 | History - 1788 - 524 pages
...I ihall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A willi or a thought after me ? O'tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempcll ittblf... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 312 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My ft lends do they now and then fend A wifli or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | James Thomson, Robert Heron - English poetry - 1793 - 384 pages
...land I muft v\ft no more ! My friends ! do they now and then fend A thought or a wljh after me ? Oh ! tell me, I yet have a friend; Though a friend I am never to fee. Paflion here fpeaks in the ordinary abftract language of calm converfation : not in the abrupt,... | |
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