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... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet , sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and ...
... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet , sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and ...
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... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : Tis perched upon the green - hill top , but close Environed with a ring of branching ...
... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : Tis perched upon the green - hill top , but close Environed with a ring of branching ...
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... Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant fail , * See the foregoing note . That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls - BOOK 1 . 13 THE SOFA .
... Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant fail , * See the foregoing note . That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls - BOOK 1 . 13 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls - Full on the destined ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither ye that press your ...
William Cowper. That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls - Full on the destined ear . Wide flies the chaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam . Come hither ye that press your ...
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... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could never have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE . The Argument C 2 BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA ,
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could never have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE . The Argument C 2 BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA ,
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath cause charge charms dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy fear feed feel Fleet Street flowers folly fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human Inner Temple labour less liberty live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian powdered coat praise prize proud prove quake rapture rest riddance rude rural sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare sweet taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth
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Página 42 - Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. 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 44 - 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 240 - THAT those lips had language! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine, — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, "Grieve not, my child; chase all thy fears away!
Página 241 - 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.
Página 88 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ; — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Página 144 - A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.
Página 90 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen all tranquillity and smiles.
Página 151 - I view the embattled tower Whence all the music. 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. The roof...
Página 176 - And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west, And .(Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand And worships. Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands.
Página 93 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...