Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 стор. |
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... must be beautiful which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whofe novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years , Praise justly due to thofe that I defcribe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the fpirit ...
... must be beautiful which , daily view'd , Please daily , and whofe novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years , Praise justly due to thofe that I defcribe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the fpirit ...
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... must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In ftill repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in ...
... must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that fwim fublime In ftill repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in ...
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... must be brib'd , to compafs earth again , By other hopes and richer fruits than your's . But , though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive moft , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in ...
... must be brib'd , to compafs earth again , By other hopes and richer fruits than your's . But , though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive moft , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in ...
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... must hang ; but he , that puts Into his overgorg'd and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces , escapes . Nor is it well , nor can it come to good , That , through profane and infidel contempt Of holy writ , fhe has prefum'd t ...
... must hang ; but he , that puts Into his overgorg'd and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces , escapes . Nor is it well , nor can it come to good , That , through profane and infidel contempt Of holy writ , fhe has prefum'd t ...
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... must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rife not , the waters of the deep fhall rise , And , needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth fhall shake him ...
... must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rife not , the waters of the deep fhall rise , And , needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth fhall shake him ...
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Сторінка 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Сторінка 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Сторінка 139 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Сторінка 275 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Сторінка 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Сторінка 65 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Сторінка 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Сторінка 46 - 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 47 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Сторінка 219 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —