 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...parents pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...family, knew what a rich father we had ! " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...pretensions rise, The son of parents pass'd into the skies." Yes, it is a rare privilege we have all enjoyed in being descended from such parents. They were the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, born in Glasgow in the year 1765. He studied the law, and practised at the Scottis parent« paused into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...thought is joy, arrive2 what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents past into the skies. And now, farewell — time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished... | |
 | 1875 - 828 pages
...terms. Justly he might have said : — " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies." God was mindful of him while yet a youth. Twice he narrowly escaped a watery... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 328 pages
...ever warm and glowing about my heart. ' My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies.' abled to do as a minister of Christ, I trace, under God, to the influence of... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 774 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time, unrevoked, has run His wonted course; yet what... | |
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My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents pass'd into the skies. 
