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... leaves fast fluttering , all at once , Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose ...
... leaves fast fluttering , all at once , Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose ...
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... leaf , And ash , far stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long surviving oak . Some glossy leaved , and shining in the sun , The maple , and the beech of oily nuts Prolific ...
... leaf , And ash , far stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long surviving oak . Some glossy leaved , and shining in the sun , The maple , and the beech of oily nuts Prolific ...
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... leaves Play wanton , every moment , every spot . And now , with nerves new braced and spirits cheer'd , We tread the wilderness , whose well roll'd walks , With curvature of slow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To ...
... leaves Play wanton , every moment , every spot . And now , with nerves new braced and spirits cheer'd , We tread the wilderness , whose well roll'd walks , With curvature of slow and easy sweep- Deception innocent - give ample space To ...
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... leaves , just saves unquench'd The spark of life . The sportive wind blows wide Their fluttering rags , and shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away ...
... leaves , just saves unquench'd The spark of life . The sportive wind blows wide Their fluttering rags , and shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away ...
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... leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all ...
... leaves . But hast thou found Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charge CHARLES ROLLS charms CHISWICK clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleased pleasures plebeian praise prize proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth
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Página 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Página 32 - 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.
Página 121 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Página 121 - Then shakes his powdered coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb To' adjust the fragrant charge of a short tube, That fumes beneath his nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him, scenting all the air.
Página 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Página 196 - Would you your son should be a sot or dunce, Lascivious, headstrong, or all these at once, That in good time, the stripling's finished taste For loose expense and fashionable waste Should prove your ruin, and his own at last, Train him in public with a mob of boys, Childish in mischief only and in noise, Else of a mannish growth, and five in ten In infidelity and lewdness, men.
Página 136 - But th' age of virtuous politics is past, And we are deep in that of cold pretence. Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere, And we too wise to trust them.
Página 125 - Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Página 31 - 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 143 - Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times; and sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust...