Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 oldal |
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... fecure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither fleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the fick man dead , Nor his ...
... fecure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet fleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither fleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the fick man dead , Nor his ...
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... fecure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated scite forbids the wretch To drink fweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy ...
... fecure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated scite forbids the wretch To drink fweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy ...
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... fecure , Where man , by nature fierce , has laid afide His fierceness ; having learnt , though flow to learn , The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious , plac'd within the easy reach ...
... fecure , Where man , by nature fierce , has laid afide His fierceness ; having learnt , though flow to learn , The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious , plac'd within the easy reach ...
108. oldal
... mine . Yes - thou may'st eat thy bread , and lick the hand That feeds thee ; thou may'st frolic on the floor At evening , and at night retire fecure To thy ftraw couch , and slumber unalarm'd ; For 108 BOOK HI THE TASK .
... mine . Yes - thou may'st eat thy bread , and lick the hand That feeds thee ; thou may'st frolic on the floor At evening , and at night retire fecure To thy ftraw couch , and slumber unalarm'd ; For 108 BOOK HI THE TASK .
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... fecure From the dafh'd pane the deluge as it falls . He shuts it close , and the first labour ends . Thrice must the voluble and restless earth Spin round upon her axle , ere the warmth , Slow gathering in the midst , through the square ...
... fecure From the dafh'd pane the deluge as it falls . He shuts it close , and the first labour ends . Thrice must the voluble and restless earth Spin round upon her axle , ere the warmth , Slow gathering in the midst , through the square ...
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343. oldal - 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.
350. oldal - 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...
139. oldal - 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.
275. 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.
218. oldal - 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.
65. oldal - 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.
101. oldal - 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...
46. 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.
47. oldal - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
219. oldal - 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 —