 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 sincere,...  The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ... - Page 460by William Cowper - 1851 - 749 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...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 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
...: 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 not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy ilieme, A more enduring date.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...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...'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'dfrom all effectual aid. We perish'd, each alone ;... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...he sqnk. 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...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 Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...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 not,...the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch' d from all effectual aid, We pcrish'd, each alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelm'd... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...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 shed, Alike immortalize the dead. ' / therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...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 tear. And tears, by bards...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,.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That talb his name, his worth, his age* Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears, by bards...'semblance in another's case. No voice divine. the storm allay'd,No light propitious shone ; When snatch'd from all effectual aid, "We perish'd each alone ;... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...over-board in a storm, and is forced to be abandoned to the waves, he concludes with saying, that — Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay 'd, No light propitious shone, When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, Count of Paleno, however,... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...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...Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, nor dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date': But misery still... | |
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