 | 1846 - 608 lehte
...strugglings for a long hour — to him a life-time — and his cries for help, where no help could come, till "At length, his transient respite past, His comrades,...Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the Bound no more ; For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank ;" he thus... | |
 | 412 lehte
...hour — to him a lifetime — nnd his cries for help, where no help could come, till " At length, bis transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had...catch the sound no more; For then, by toil subdued, lit- drank The stifling wave, and then he sank ;" he thus finishes, applying the case of the Castaway... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 lehte
...no heJp could come, till "At length, his transient respite put, His comrades, who before Had beard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more ; For then, by toil subdued, he drank Tin' stifling wave, and then be sank;" he thus finishes, applying the case of the Castaway to his own... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 lehte
...unspent pow'r His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — "Adieu!" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdu'd, he drank The Stirling wave,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1849
...ship is driven away before the storm. His mates throw over " the coop," " the floated cord," but — " At length his transient respite past, His comrades...every blast Could catch the sound no more, For then subdued by toil he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank." And when Cowper concludes hy making... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 lehte
...power His destiny repelled : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades,...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. s,jl No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 lehte
...power, His destiny repell'd : And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades,...sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - 1850 - 586 lehte
...unspent power, His destiny repelled; And ever, as the moments flew, Entreated help, or cried adieu. At length, his transient respite past, His comrades,...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank." On the retreat of the tide, his body was found iu one place, part of his clothes in another, and were... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1850 - 330 lehte
...Side. A moving Incident. CHAPTER XI. AUTHENTIC TRAGEDIES AND PERILS OF THE WHALING SERVICE. At length his comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every...subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. And he, they knew, nor ship nor shore, Whate'er they did, should visit more. COWPEB'S Castaway. IN... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 lehte
...power His destiny repelled : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet... | |
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Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past. His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more ; For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative... 
