 He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away: But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of...  Poems - Sivu 251tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1853Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 412 sivua
...as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast . Than he...ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent. .He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine,... | |
 | Hastings Rashdall - 1877 - 596 sivua
...Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all...ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent. He loved them both, but both in vain ; Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine,... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 sivua
...as I. Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, 5 His floating home forever ound I sit, And sing a song to them. 'And often after...it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, A 10 He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sivua
...Castaway \ Obscurest night involv'd the sky, Th' Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destin'd wretch , she was horrid. (1. 1-4) BLPA; FaBoCh; FaFP; NA;...OxBChV; OxNR; RHPC There was an old woman, as I've hea (1. 1—6) 2 But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the... | |
 | Peter Barry - 2002 - 308 sivua
...Obscurest night involv'd the sky, Th' Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destin'd wretch as I, \\ ash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all...with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast, \\ ith warmer wishes sent. He lov'd them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 sivua
...AY (1799) Obscurest night involv'd the sky, Th' Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destin'd wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of...both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. 12 Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 sivua
...Castaway Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom...ship left Albion's coast, With warmer wishes sent. He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine,... | |
 | Aaron Santesso - 2006 - 230 sivua
...central: Obscurest night involved the sky, Th' Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destin'd wretch as I Wash'd headlong from on board Of friends, of...hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. The lines, along with The Castaway in general, are often seen as spontaneously emerging from Cowper's... | |
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