The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country : with a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of ThomsonLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851 - 537 стор. |
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... expect the wicked , and were built To bind the lawless , and to punish guilt ; But shipwreck , earthquake , battle , fire , and flood , Are mighty mischiefs , not to be withstood ; And honest merit stands on slippery ground , Where ...
... expect the wicked , and were built To bind the lawless , and to punish guilt ; But shipwreck , earthquake , battle , fire , and flood , Are mighty mischiefs , not to be withstood ; And honest merit stands on slippery ground , Where ...
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... expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be bribed to compass earth again By other hopes and richer ...
... expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far , ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be bribed to compass earth again By other hopes and richer ...
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... expect th ' upholding aid Of the smooth - shaven prop , and , neatly tied , Are wedded thus , like beauty to old age , For interest sake , the living to the dead . Some clothe the soil that feeds them , far diffused And lowly creeping ...
... expect th ' upholding aid Of the smooth - shaven prop , and , neatly tied , Are wedded thus , like beauty to old age , For interest sake , the living to the dead . Some clothe the soil that feeds them , far diffused And lowly creeping ...
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... Expect her soon with footboy at her heels , No longer blushing for her awkward load , Her train and her umbrella all her care ! He too may have his vice , and sometimes prove Less dainty than becomes his grave outside In lucrative ...
... Expect her soon with footboy at her heels , No longer blushing for her awkward load , Her train and her umbrella all her care ! He too may have his vice , and sometimes prove Less dainty than becomes his grave outside In lucrative ...
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... expect no change ; And ever as the sullen sound is heard , Still to reflect , that , though a joyless note To him , whose moments all have one dull pace , Ten thousand rovers in the world at large Account it music ; that it summons some ...
... expect no change ; And ever as the sullen sound is heard , Still to reflect , that , though a joyless note To him , whose moments all have one dull pace , Ten thousand rovers in the world at large Account it music ; that it summons some ...
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Æsop Beau marked beauty beneath better blessing boast cause charms Christian COWPER dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair faith fancy favour fear feel flowers folly give glory grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope hour human Huntingdon John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour LADY least less live Lord lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never numbers nymph o'er Olney once pain peace perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise prove reason rest scene scorn Scripture seems shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sure sweet taste thee theme thine thing thou thought toil true truth Twas verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM UNWIN wind wisdom wish wonder worth youth
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Сторінка 61 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Сторінка 123 - Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul!) Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Сторінка 130 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Сторінка 90 - Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Сторінка 150 - But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
Сторінка 94 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Сторінка 87 - 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 110 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Сторінка 44 - Of blackening pines, aye waving to and fro, Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood ; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
Сторінка 131 - 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.