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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... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the fweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleas'd Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the fweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it receiv'd , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... I live Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a soFA , may I never feel : 8 6 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... I live Guiltless of pamper'd appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The SOFA fuits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a soFA , may I never feel : 8 6 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
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... cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his finuous course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , i That screen the herdsman's folitary hut ; While far BOOK I. 9 THE SOFA .
... cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his finuous course Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , i That screen the herdsman's folitary hut ; While far BOOK I. 9 THE SOFA .
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... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs ; and , in their shaded walks And ...
... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the value of a screen From fultry funs ; and , in their shaded walks And ...
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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 —