 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 oldal
...rest afforded to our weary feet, Preliminary to — the last retreat. May, 1793. TO MRS. UNWIN. MARY ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feign 'il they drew, I may record thy worth with honor due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 oldal
...proof of love, Esteem thy present far above The best things kept within it. TO MRS. UNWIN. MARY ! 1 want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feigned they drew, An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 oldal
...has perusod the following exuuisito sonnet, addressed by Cowper to Mrs. Unwin. » SONNET. " Mary ! I want a lyre with other strings : Such aid from Heaven, as some have feign'd lh«y ilrcw ! That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth, with honor due, In... | |
 | 1851 - 592 oldal
...will convey to the reader some idea of the exalted opinion ' ,e had formed of her character." " Mary ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feigned they drew, An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 544 oldal
...from Heaven as some have feign'd they drew ! An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things ! That ere through age or woe I shed my wings 1 may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, Verse that immortalizes... | |
 | Henry Fletcher (of Camberwell.) - 1853 - 218 oldal
...dark, Yet sure I am the path I tread, Leads up into mine ark. XLTIIT. ifotopcr to itltTn ?lntoin. MABY, I want a lyre, with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feigned they drew ; An eloquence unknown to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 526 oldal
...from Heaven as some have feign'd they drew ! An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things ! That ere through age or woe I shed ray wings I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, Verse that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 800 oldal
...strings, Such aid from heav'n as some have feign'd they drew, An eloquence scarce giv'n to mortals, now And undebas'd by praise of meaner things, That ere through age or wo I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 oldal
...strings, Such aid from heav'n as some have feign' d they drew, An eloquence scarce giv'n to mortals, now And undebas'd by praise of meaner things, That ere through age or wo I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In Verse as musical as them ait true, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 oldal
...with other strings, Such aid from heav'n as some have feign'd they drew, An eloquence scarce giv'n to mortals, new And undebas'd by praise of meaner things, That ere through age or wo I shed my wings, 1 may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And... | |
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MARY ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feign'd they drew, An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things, That, ere through age or woe I shed... 
