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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... themselves to schools in general . If there were not , as for the most part there is , wilful neglect in those who ma- nage them , and an omission even of fuch difcipline as they are fufceptible of , the objects are yet too numerous for ...
... themselves to schools in general . If there were not , as for the most part there is , wilful neglect in those who ma- nage them , and an omission even of fuch difcipline as they are fufceptible of , the objects are yet too numerous for ...
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... themselves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their filent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To footh and fatisfy the human ear . Ten thousand ...
... themselves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their filent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To footh and fatisfy the human ear . Ten thousand ...
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... themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air ...
... themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air ...
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... Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet scorn the purposes for which they live . • Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The ...
... Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet scorn the purposes for which they live . • Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The ...
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... themselves , once ferried o'er the wave That parts us , are emancipate and loos'd . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall ...
... themselves , once ferried o'er the wave That parts us , are emancipate and loos'd . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall ...
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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 —