 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 sincere,...  The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ... - Pàgina 460per William Cowper - 1851 - 749 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1878 - 626 pàgines
...comment : — " No poet wept him, but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with ANSON'S tear ; And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pàgines
...sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, 50 That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards...immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, 55 Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date; But misery still delights... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pàgines
...somber eloquence wholly different from the conversational informality of the best parts of The Task: I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his...semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone; When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone:... | |
 | Jack Lagan - 2003 - 368 pàgines
...then he sank. No poet wept him: but the page Of narrative sincere; That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards...enduring date: But misery still delights to trace No voice divine the storm allay 'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pàgines
...he sank. 48 No poet wept him: but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. 54 I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pàgines
...then he sank. No poet wept him, but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards...semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone;... | |
 | 蘇其康 - 2007 - 392 pàgines
...獲得不朽的生命， 得以與典籍長存千占: 英國文學源流導宜 甘@ 吭碑@ L 才仁． And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize...semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone;... | |
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