The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the Introduction of His "Private Correspondence.", 第 7 巻Saunders and Otley, 1835 |
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... winds now this way and now that His devious course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry ways been foil'd , And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging , and half despairing of escape ; If chance at length he ...
... winds now this way and now that His devious course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry ways been foil'd , And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging , and half despairing of escape ; If chance at length he ...
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... wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The only amaranthine ...
... wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The only amaranthine ...
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... wind . Dry fern or litter'd hay , or reeds , or hedge First he bids spread that may imbibe The ascending damps ; then leisurely impose , And lightly , shaking it with agile hand From the full fork , the saturated straw . What longest ...
... wind . Dry fern or litter'd hay , or reeds , or hedge First he bids spread that may imbibe The ascending damps ; then leisurely impose , And lightly , shaking it with agile hand From the full fork , the saturated straw . What longest ...
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... wind , and steam , Moisture , and drought , mice , worms , and swarming flies , Minute as dust , and numberless , oft work Dire disappointment , that admits no cure , And which no care can obviate . It were long , Too long , to tell the ...
... wind , and steam , Moisture , and drought , mice , worms , and swarming flies , Minute as dust , and numberless , oft work Dire disappointment , that admits no cure , And which no care can obviate . It were long , Too long , to tell the ...
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... winds whistle , and the snows descend . The spiry myrtle with unwithering leaf Shines there , and flourishes . The golden boast Of Portugal and western India there , The ruddier orange , and the paler lime , Peep through their polish'd ...
... winds whistle , and the snows descend . The spiry myrtle with unwithering leaf Shines there , and flourishes . The golden boast Of Portugal and western India there , The ruddier orange , and the paler lime , Peep through their polish'd ...
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38 ページ - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th
226 ページ - as loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin, who but he! his fame soon spread around; "He carries weight! He rides a race! "Tis for a thousand pound!
249 ページ - Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage...
351 ページ - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And, when his juicy salads fail'd, Sliced carrot pleased him well.
184 ページ - Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes, But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but, — That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight — Eyes should be shut.
225 ページ - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out,
223 ページ - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin.
180 ページ - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
66 ページ - The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
99 ページ - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.