My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. Poems - Page 261de William Cowper - 1824Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Cowper - 1842 - 166 pages
...such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause ; But she has burnt her mask, not needed here, 105 Where vice has such allowance, that her shifts And...With many an arrow deep infix'd My panting side was charg'd, when I withdrew 110 To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...ever wrong'd her yet, May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimicks, with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause ; But she has burnt her mask, not needed here, 105 Whore vice has such allowance, that her shifts And specious semblances have lost their use. I was... | |
| 1843 - 406 pages
...missionaries, they go not to preach a Saviour whom they neither know nor love. Each of them has sung, — I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since. With many an arrow deep infixed My panting side WM charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| William Cowper - 1845 - 394 pages
...her as we may, (And no man's hatred ever wrong'd her yet,) May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care,...And specious semblances have lost their use. i""" I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since. With many an arrow deep infix'd My panting side... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...her as we may, (And no man's hatrid ever wrong'd her yet,) May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics, with such care,...needed here, Where vice has such allowance, that her shtfts And specious semb'.ances have lost their use. I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long... | |
| 1846 - 392 pages
...Savior, who is its distinguished glory and chief corner-stone, we should write upon his tomb,— ' I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since. With many an arrow, deep infixed, My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| John William Lester - 1848 - 112 pages
...delicious notes : the softest that ever yet fell on human ear : it is sweet beyond expression : — I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since. With many an arrow deep infixed My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...subject of the twenty-second psalm. The poet Cowper seems to have this in his mind when he sings — " I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since. With many an arrow deep infixed My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 386 pages
...pathos, far surpassing any thing I have seen of the kind in Spanish. It is a passage from Cowper. " I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since : with many an arrow deep infixt The following sonnets will serve as illustrations. They are from the hand of the wonderful Lope... | |
| Edinburgh medical missionary society - 1849 - 354 pages
...observation, it may be hoped, will occasionally verify the description of one of our sweetest bards : I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since....when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant lands. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th' archers. In his side he bore, And... | |
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