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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33. oldal
... wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
... wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
93. oldal
... wisdom , when the fault Is obstinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domeftic happiness , thou only blifs . Of Paradife that has furviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or , tafting , long enjoy thee ; too ...
... wisdom , when the fault Is obstinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domeftic happiness , thou only blifs . Of Paradife that has furviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or , tafting , long enjoy thee ; too ...
100. oldal
... wisdom well , And prove it in th ' infallible refult So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but it sleeps ...
... wisdom well , And prove it in th ' infallible refult So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but it sleeps ...
102. oldal
... wisdom . In his works , Though wond'rous , he commands us in his word To feek him rather , where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd from above , Views him in all ; ascribes to the grand cause 1 . The grand effect ...
... wisdom . In his works , Though wond'rous , he commands us in his word To feek him rather , where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd from above , Views him in all ; ascribes to the grand cause 1 . The grand effect ...
104. oldal
... wisdom , Newton , childlike fage ! Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in his word sagacious . Such too thine , Milton , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed on manna ! And fuch thine , in whom Our British Themis gloried with ...
... wisdom , Newton , childlike fage ! Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in his word sagacious . Such too thine , Milton , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed on manna ! And fuch thine , in whom Our British Themis gloried with ...
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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 —