 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. lie shouted : nor Lis friends had.fail'd To check (he vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd,...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their out-cast mate behind, And scudded...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord Delay 'd nut to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...despair of life. He shouted : nor his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the fuiious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless per force, They left...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their out-east mate behind,. And scudded still before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ;: And such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...fail'd To check the vessel's course ; Put so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless, perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford; And such as storms allow, The cask, the coup, the floated cord Delay' d not to bestow : But he, they... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow. But he (they... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail 'd, That, pitiless, perforcr. They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still...before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow, But he (they... | |
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Delay'd not to bestow : But he, they knew, nor ship nor shore, Whate'er they gave, should visit more. 
