Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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1. oldal
... nature , dress'd by art , Enchant no longer this indifferent heart ; The Lord of all things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and ...
... nature , dress'd by art , Enchant no longer this indifferent heart ; The Lord of all things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and ...
3. oldal
... nature to our wondering eyes , Again retiring when the brighter Sun Begins the course he seems in haste to run , Behold him where he shines ! His rapid rays , Themselves unmeasured , measure all our days ; Nothing impedes the race he ...
... nature to our wondering eyes , Again retiring when the brighter Sun Begins the course he seems in haste to run , Behold him where he shines ! His rapid rays , Themselves unmeasured , measure all our days ; Nothing impedes the race he ...
23. oldal
... Nature's sway , In labyrinths of our own we stray , Without a guide or clue . The chaste and pure who fear to grieve The gracious Spirit they receive , His work distinctly trace ; And , strong in undissembling love , Boldly assert and ...
... Nature's sway , In labyrinths of our own we stray , Without a guide or clue . The chaste and pure who fear to grieve The gracious Spirit they receive , His work distinctly trace ; And , strong in undissembling love , Boldly assert and ...
45. oldal
... Nature silent all around , Not a single witness near ; God as soon as sought is found , And the flame of love burns clear . Interruption , all day long , Checks the current of my joys ; Creatures press me with a throng , And perplex me ...
... Nature silent all around , Not a single witness near ; God as soon as sought is found , And the flame of love burns clear . Interruption , all day long , Checks the current of my joys ; Creatures press me with a throng , And perplex me ...
46. oldal
... can commune with the skies ; While , beneath thy shade extended , Weary man forgets his woes ; I , my daily trouble ended , Find , in watching , my repose . Silence all around prevailing , Nature hush'd in slumber sweet 46 COWPER'S POEMS .
... can commune with the skies ; While , beneath thy shade extended , Weary man forgets his woes ; I , my daily trouble ended , Find , in watching , my repose . Silence all around prevailing , Nature hush'd in slumber sweet 46 COWPER'S POEMS .
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beauty beneath bliss boast breath cause charms Cowper dear deep delight distant divine divine simplicity dream Dunciad earth ease fair fame fancy fear feel Fête champêtre flower folly form'd frown glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honour human John Gilpin Julius Cæsar King L'Allegro labour less live Lord lost Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never night o'er once pain peace pleased pleasure Pope praise proud prove pure repose rove rude sacred Satire Satire iv Satire vi scene scorn secret fire seek shades shine sighs sight silent skies sleep smile Soame Jenyns song Sonnet 18 soon sorrow soul Spleen stream sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth
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306. oldal - John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
98. oldal - 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.
80. oldal - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
97. oldal - 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.
235. oldal - 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. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
261. oldal - 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.
129. oldal - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
305. oldal - 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.
259. oldal - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
309. oldal - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.