Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 ページ |
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... heard no more , Children not thine have trod my nursery floor.- THE thought in the last line seems perfectly original . Not less valuable , though of a different tendency , is the following reproval of atheism : in an insect and a ...
... heard no more , Children not thine have trod my nursery floor.- THE thought in the last line seems perfectly original . Not less valuable , though of a different tendency , is the following reproval of atheism : in an insect and a ...
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... heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . IT were needless to detail the ' Diverting History of John Gilpin , ' which displays such original wit as might alone have immortalized the author . MR ...
... heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . IT were needless to detail the ' Diverting History of John Gilpin , ' which displays such original wit as might alone have immortalized the author . MR ...
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... besides , Though learn'd with labour , and though much admir'd By curious eyes and judgments ill - inform'd , To me is odious as the nasal twang Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by 16 BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
... besides , Though learn'd with labour , and though much admir'd By curious eyes and judgments ill - inform'd , To me is odious as the nasal twang Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by 16 BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
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... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom , strain celestial themes Through the prest nostril , spectacle - bestrid . Some , decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform'd , relapse into themselves ; And ...
... Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom , strain celestial themes Through the prest nostril , spectacle - bestrid . Some , decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform'd , relapse into themselves ; And ...
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... heard for ages , have an end . Foretold by prophets , and by poets sung , Whose fire was kindled at the prophets ' lamp , The time of rest , the promis'd sabbath , comes . Six thousand years of sorrow have well - nigh Fulfill'd their ...
... heard for ages , have an end . Foretold by prophets , and by poets sung , Whose fire was kindled at the prophets ' lamp , The time of rest , the promis'd sabbath , comes . Six thousand years of sorrow have well - nigh Fulfill'd their ...
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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
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53 ページ - 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.
228 ページ - 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.
55 ページ - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
165 ページ - 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.
12 ページ - 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.
165 ページ - 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...
168 ページ - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
228 ページ - 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.
15 ページ - 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.
75 ページ - 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.