Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 páginas |
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... feek repofe upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet auguft and proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none ...
... feek repofe upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet auguft and proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none ...
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... feek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the di'mond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , proftitutes and fhames . His noble office , and , instead ...
... feek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the di'mond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , proftitutes and fhames . His noble office , and , instead ...
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... feek a tranquil death in diftant fhades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th ' archers . In his fide he bore , And in his hands and feet , the cruel scars . With gentle force foliciting the darts , He drew them ...
... feek a tranquil death in diftant fhades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th ' archers . In his fide he bore , And in his hands and feet , the cruel scars . With gentle force foliciting the darts , He drew them ...
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... us in his word To feek him rather , where his mercy fhines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd from above , Views him in all ; afcribes to the grand cause The grand effect ; acknowledges with joy His manner , 102 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... us in his word To feek him rather , where his mercy fhines . The mind indeed , enlighten'd from above , Views him in all ; afcribes to the grand cause The grand effect ; acknowledges with joy His manner , 102 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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... feek For their own fake its filence and its fhade . Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Sufceptible of pity , or a mind Cultur'd and capable of fober thought , For all the favage din of the fwift pack , BOOK III . 107 THE ...
... feek For their own fake its filence and its fhade . Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Sufceptible of pity , or a mind Cultur'd and capable of fober thought , For all the favage din of the fwift pack , BOOK III . 107 THE ...
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Página 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band 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 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Página 139 - 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 275 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Página 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 65 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Página 101 - 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 46 - 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 47 - 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 219 - 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 —