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" How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon... "
Poems - Página 266
por William Cowper - 1810
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of Its fight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 páginas
...is a glance of the mind? Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind', Ahd the swift-winged arrows of light. . When I think of...recollection at hand, Soon hurries me back to despair. 7. But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers

Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 páginas
...behind, And the swift-wingM arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I geem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. 7 But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The 1 least is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...a friend I am never to see ! T How fleet is the glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of...
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Sunday Evenings, or Practical Discourses ... To which are added forms of ...

Henry Hunt PIPER - 1833 - 516 páginas
...effect, this earthly clog prevents. The exile from home feels this true — " When I think of my dear native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas! recollection at hand, Soon hurries me batik to despair." No impediment like this, no check to the free accomplishment of every volition,...
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].

James Flamank - 1833 - 414 páginas
...another. Cowper exclaims, — " How swift is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light." We may visit the poles or the tropics. We may fancy ourselves in the arctic regions, half buried in...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volumen7

William Cowper - 1835 - 388 páginas
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 páginas
...mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land,...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volumen7

William Cowper - 1836 - 710 páginas
...Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance df the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of...
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The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1912 - 508 páginas
...Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. 20 When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand...
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