Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , felf - imprison'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , THE TASK . BOOK F.
... fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , felf - imprison'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , THE TASK . BOOK F.
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... should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid foth to honourable toil ! Yet even thefe , though , feigning ...
... should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from fociety , prefer Such fqualid foth to honourable toil ! Yet even thefe , though , feigning ...
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... should be peace , And brethren in calamity fhould love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the fprightly chord Are ...
... should be peace , And brethren in calamity fhould love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the fprightly chord Are ...
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... Should England profper , when fuch things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all effenc'd o'er With odours , and as profligate as fweet ; Who fell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they fhould fight ; when fuch as these ...
... Should England profper , when fuch things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all effenc'd o'er With odours , and as profligate as fweet ; Who fell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they fhould fight ; when fuch as these ...
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... should beware Of lightness in his speech . ' Tis pitiful To court a grin , when you fhould woo a foul ; To break a jeft , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t ' addrefs The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When fent ...
... should beware Of lightness in his speech . ' Tis pitiful To court a grin , when you fhould woo a foul ; To break a jeft , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t ' addrefs The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When fent ...
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Página 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Página 371 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband 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.
Página 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Página 99 - 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...
Página 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Página 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Página 137 - 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.
Página 375 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Página 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; 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 — My Father made them all.
Página 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.