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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... Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years , Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature ...
... Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years , Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature ...
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... please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim ...
... please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim ...
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... please the eye - sweet Nature ev'ry sense . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And music of her woods - no works of man May rival these ; these all bespeak a pow'r Peculiar , and ...
... please the eye - sweet Nature ev'ry sense . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And music of her woods - no works of man May rival these ; these all bespeak a pow'r Peculiar , and ...
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... please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of man . His hoary head , Confpicuous many a league , the mariner , Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exuting . At his waist A ...
... please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of man . His hoary head , Confpicuous many a league , the mariner , Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exuting . At his waist A ...
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... please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer ...
... please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer ...
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aſk baſe Becauſe beneath beſt cauſe charms cloſe confcious courſe deſign diſtant dream earth eaſe elſe eſcape ev'n ev'ry fafe fair fame faſhion faſt fatire feed feek feel feems fide fight filent firſt fleep flow'r folly fome fong foon form'd foul fuch grace heart heav'n honour houſe induſtry inſpire itſelf juſt laſt leſs loft loſe meaſure mind miſchief moſt muſe muſic muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purpoſe reſt ſcene ſchools ſcorn ſeaſon ſecure ſee ſeek ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſmooth ſome ſpare ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpot ſpread ſpring ſtands ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrength ſtroke ſtrong ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thoſe thou truth uſe verſe virtue waſte whoſe wind wiſh worth
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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 —