Poems, Том 2E. Lincoln, 1802 |
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... soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief upon the rugged rock Wash'd by the sea , or on the grav'ly bank Thrown up by wintry torrents roaring loud , * See Poems , Vol . I. Fearless of wrong , repos'd his weary strength . Those.
... soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief upon the rugged rock Wash'd by the sea , or on the grav'ly bank Thrown up by wintry torrents roaring loud , * See Poems , Vol . I. Fearless of wrong , repos'd his weary strength . Those.
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William Cowper. Fearless of wrong , repos'd his weary strength . Those barb'rous ages past , succeeded next The birth - day of invention ; weak at first , Dull in design , and clumsy to perform . Joint - stools were then created ; on ...
William Cowper. Fearless of wrong , repos'd his weary strength . Those barb'rous ages past , succeeded next The birth - day of invention ; weak at first , Dull in design , and clumsy to perform . Joint - stools were then created ; on ...
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... spontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And strength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War C 2 BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA .
... spontaneous ) in remote And barb'rous climes , where violence prevails , And strength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War C 2 BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA .
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... strength , Convenience , and security , and use : Makes men mere vermin , worthy to be trapp'd And gibbeted as fast as catchpoll claws Can seize the slipp'ry prey : unties the knot Of union , and converts the sacred band That holds ...
... strength , Convenience , and security , and use : Makes men mere vermin , worthy to be trapp'd And gibbeted as fast as catchpoll claws Can seize the slipp'ry prey : unties the knot Of union , and converts the sacred band That holds ...
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... , Or misapplying his unskilful strength . Nor does he govern only or direct , But much performs himself . No works indeed That ask robust tough sinews , bred to toil , Servile employ ; but such as may amuse , Not 80 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... , Or misapplying his unskilful strength . Nor does he govern only or direct , But much performs himself . No works indeed That ask robust tough sinews , bred to toil , Servile employ ; but such as may amuse , Not 80 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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beauty beneath betimes blood boast breath call'd cause charms creature dear death delight divine dread dream earth ease ev'n ev'ry fair faith fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hate hear heart heav'n heav'nly honour hopes and fears human Israel JEHOVAH JESUS king labour learn'd less liberty light live LORD lyre mercy Mighty winds mind nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pity pleas'd pleasure plebeian poor pow'r praise pray'r proud rapture rest rise sacred Saviour scene seek seem'd shine sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile song soon soul sound spirit storm stream sweet task taste taught thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Сторінка 37 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Сторінка 34 - Deep in unfathomable mines Of never- failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs And works His sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Сторінка 61 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Сторінка 100 - Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion ; roses for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald...
Сторінка 178 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Сторінка 151 - And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Сторінка 32 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Сторінка 98 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent- whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
Сторінка 50 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Сторінка 153 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before : Thine eye shall be instructed ; and thine heart Made pure shall relish, with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.