| Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...distrest— Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest- tost, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, ob ' the thought that thou art safe, and h« ' That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...shore, " Where tempests never beat, nor billows roar," 30 Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet, O the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 25 And... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...substance and circumstances. My purposes are broken off, my schemes and dependences have failed, " And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous сч>игне.'' — I wish to provide things honest in the sight of all men, but with crowing demands... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious', tempest tossed', Sails ripped', seams opening wide', and compass lost', And', day by day', some current's* thwarting...force' Sets me more distant from a prosperous course'. Yef , O', the thought', that thou art safe', and he'! — That thought is joy', arrive what may to... | |
| Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...distressed — Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest tost; Sails ript. seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh! the thought that thou art safe, and he I That thought is joy, arrive what may to me : My boast... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost ; And d«y by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet oh, the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wid'e, and compass lost ; And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O! the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss 'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But oh, the thought, that thou art safe, and he 1 That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 420 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
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