 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...is the 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...down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | Henry Hunt PIPER - 1833 - 516 páginas
...effect, this earthly clog prevents. The exile from home feels this true — " When I think of my dear native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas! recollection at hand, Soon hurries me batik to despair." No impediment like this, no check to the free accomplishment of every volition,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 páginas
...mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land,...down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | 1835 - 434 páginas
...overlooked this consolation, in the language he has put into the mouth of the lonely islander — " But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; E'en here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. " There's mercy in every place, And mercy,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 páginas
...is the glance df the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think...down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 396 páginas
...mind ! Compared 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,...down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 páginas
...mind ! Compared 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,...down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 páginas
...mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, . The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land,...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. 7 Bat the sea-fowl has gone to her nesrt The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 páginas
...mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, - And the swift-wing'd arrows of light When I think of my own native land...seem to be there ; But alas ! ' recollection at hand 7 But the sea-fbwl has gone to her nest, The beast is laid downjn his lair ; Even here is a~ season... | |
 | Caroline Anne Southey - 1836 - 306 páginas
...trust On the strength that can never fail. "HOW SWIFT IS A GLANCE OF THE MIND 1 " AN EXILE'S SONG. " When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there." THAT flower, that flower! Oh! pluck that flower for me ! There, in the running stream, Its silvery*... | |
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How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared 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 to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon... 
