 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pagine
...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pagine
...yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pagine
...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 I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pagine
...a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me 1 O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am...• .•••' How fleet is a glance of the mind! And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When 1 think of my own native lar ' Compar'tl with the speed... | |
 | John Howell - 1837 - 154 pagine
...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 I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pagine
...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 I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pagine
...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 I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pagine
...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-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ;* Even here is a season... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pagine
...send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged...at hand, Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pagine
...land I shall visit no more ! My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me I Oh tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am...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 ;... | |
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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 hurries me back to despair. 
