Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 ページ |
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... thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praise of nature moft fincere , And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has ...
... thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praise of nature moft fincere , And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To ferve occafions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has ...
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... thou seeming fweet , Be still a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
... thou seeming fweet , Be still a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorn'd , but worthy of a better fate . Our ...
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... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatch'd with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And , having feen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our ...
... thou haft found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And homeftall thatch'd with leaves . But haft thou found Their former charms ? And , having feen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our ...
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... thou art , ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward fhow ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And spiritlefs , as never to regret Sweets tafted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I fee thee ftraying on ...
... thou art , ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward fhow ) I cannot think thee yet fo dull of heart And spiritlefs , as never to regret Sweets tafted here , and left as foon as known . Methinks I fee thee ftraying on ...
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... Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause Sufpend th ' effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
... Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause Sufpend th ' effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
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343 ページ - 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.
350 ページ - 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...
139 ページ - 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.
275 ページ - 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.
218 ページ - 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.
65 ページ - 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.
101 ページ - 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...
46 ページ - 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.
47 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.
219 ページ - 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 —