Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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10. oldal
... sorrows pierce my soul , To think that all are not thine own : Ah ! be adored from pole to pole ; Where is thy zeal ? arise ; be known ! All hearts are cold , in every place , Yet earthly good with warmth pursue ; Dissolve them with a ...
... sorrows pierce my soul , To think that all are not thine own : Ah ! be adored from pole to pole ; Where is thy zeal ? arise ; be known ! All hearts are cold , in every place , Yet earthly good with warmth pursue ; Dissolve them with a ...
14. oldal
... sorrow , My grief has no alloy ; " The rocks replied- " To - morrow , To - morrow brings thee joy . " These sweet and secret tidings , What bliss it is to hear ! For , spite of all my chidings , My weakness and my fear , No sooner I ...
... sorrow , My grief has no alloy ; " The rocks replied- " To - morrow , To - morrow brings thee joy . " These sweet and secret tidings , What bliss it is to hear ! For , spite of all my chidings , My weakness and my fear , No sooner I ...
15. oldal
... sorrow made sweet ; Because ' tis assign'd me by Thee . Transported I see thee display Thy riches and glory divine ; I have only my life to repay , Take what I would gladly resign . Thy will is the treasure I seek , For thou A CHILD OF ...
... sorrow made sweet ; Because ' tis assign'd me by Thee . Transported I see thee display Thy riches and glory divine ; I have only my life to repay , Take what I would gladly resign . Thy will is the treasure I seek , For thou A CHILD OF ...
18. oldal
... sorrows by ; And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die . LIVING WATER . THE fountain in its source No drought of summer fears ; The farther it pursues its course , The nobler it appears . But shallow cisterns yield A scanty short supply ...
... sorrows by ; And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die . LIVING WATER . THE fountain in its source No drought of summer fears ; The farther it pursues its course , The nobler it appears . But shallow cisterns yield A scanty short supply ...
19. oldal
... ; Come shame , come sorrow ; spite of tears , Weakness , and heart - oppressing fears ; One soul , at least , shall not repine , To give you room ; come , reign in mine ! DIVINE JUSTICE AMIABLE . THOU hast no lightnings , O 19.
... ; Come shame , come sorrow ; spite of tears , Weakness , and heart - oppressing fears ; One soul , at least , shall not repine , To give you room ; come , reign in mine ! DIVINE JUSTICE AMIABLE . THOU hast no lightnings , O 19.
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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.