Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 páginas |
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... breath . He died at East Dereham in Norfolk ; and his death has occasioned two funeral discourses . One of these was preached by the Rev. Mr. Newton , on Sunday May the 11th 1800 , at St. Mary Woolnoth church in Lombard Street , London ...
... breath . He died at East Dereham in Norfolk ; and his death has occasioned two funeral discourses . One of these was preached by the Rev. Mr. Newton , on Sunday May the 11th 1800 , at St. Mary Woolnoth church in Lombard Street , London ...
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... breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing thought ! but not to be denied . With curious art , the brain , too finely wrought , Preys on herself , and is destroy'd by thought ...
... breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing thought ! but not to be denied . With curious art , the brain , too finely wrought , Preys on herself , and is destroy'd by thought ...
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... breath of heav'n has chas'd it . In the heart No passion touches a discordant string , But all is harmony and love . Disease Is not : the pure and uncontam'nate blood Holds its due course , nor fears the frost of age . One song employs ...
... breath of heav'n has chas'd it . In the heart No passion touches a discordant string , But all is harmony and love . Disease Is not : the pure and uncontam'nate blood Holds its due course , nor fears the frost of age . One song employs ...
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... breath of blooming health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivel❜d lips , And taints the golden car . He springs his mines , And desolates a nation at a blast . Forth steps the spruce ...
... breath of blooming health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivel❜d lips , And taints the golden car . He springs his mines , And desolates a nation at a blast . Forth steps the spruce ...
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... breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north . Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their eggs addled ; Soon ...
... breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north . Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their eggs addled ; Soon ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath Berkhamstead bids bird Blest bliss boast bow'rs breath bright cause charms Cowper dear delight distant divine dread dream earth ease Edmonton England ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast fear feel fill'd fire flow'r form'd fountain of eternal frown glory grace Greenland groves hand happy hast Hast thou heard heart heav'n honours hope hopes and fears John Gilpin Katterfelto kindled land learn'd LENOX LIBRARY Lord lost lov'd lyre mercy midnight hour mind muse musick nature ne'er Nebaioth never nose o'er Olney Omia once pass'd peace perhaps PETRONIUS pity pleas'd pleasure poem poet pow'r prais'd praise pray'rs rural scene seem'd shine sighs sight skies sleep smile soon sorrow soul sound sweet taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil truth Twas virtue wind woes youth
Pasajes populares
Página 53 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Página 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Página 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Página 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Página 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Página 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.