 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That 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 pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! —... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...course. Yet, O the thought, that Ihou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 35 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. EXERCISE 104. , . Extract... | |
 | Grace Soper - Christian women - 1839 - 268 pages
...the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them." — Ree. xiv. 18. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth, Bnt higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents pass'd into the skies. COWPER. MY dear... | |
 | Joseph Holdich - 1839 - 44 pages
...language of one to whom his character in several features bore a resemblance he might have said, " My boast is not that I deduce my birth, From loins enthroned, or rulers of the earth; No ! higher far my proud pretensions rise, A child of parents destined to the... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...have great cause to be thankful, and might use language similar to one of England's best poets : " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, or nobles of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the... | |
 | John Newton Brown - American poetry - 1840 - 284 pages
...parents. Never, never can he cease to bless God for them. He can truly say in the beautiful language of Cowper — " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth...loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.'' AND is it so — my father... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1840 - 508 pages
...her blessing, and that voice which had been music to m8 from my earliest childhood 1 heard no more. " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise — ~ Son of a mother pas.'d into the skies." ' After the decease of... | |
 | John D. Post - Readers - 1842 - 314 pages
...course. Vet, O, the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! — That 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. 9. And now farewell. Time... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...course. Yet oh the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That 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 pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — time... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. dull sounds again. JAKES CRAHAME. The RET. JAMES GRAHAME wag born in Glasgow in the year 1765. He far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parent« paused into the skies. And now, farewell —... | |
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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 passed into the skies. 
