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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... feeds .-- The country preferable to the town even in the winter . - Reafons why it is deferted at that feafon . - Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . - Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TAS K ...
... feeds .-- The country preferable to the town even in the winter . - Reafons why it is deferted at that feafon . - Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . - Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TAS K ...
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... Feeds a blue flame , and makes a cheerful hearth ; There , undisturb'd by folly , and appriz'd How great the danger of difturbing her , To mufe in filence , or at least confine Remarks that gall fo many to the few My partners in retreat ...
... Feeds a blue flame , and makes a cheerful hearth ; There , undisturb'd by folly , and appriz'd How great the danger of difturbing her , To mufe in filence , or at least confine Remarks that gall fo many to the few My partners in retreat ...
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... 'd for contemplation , and to nurfe The growing feeds of wifdom ; that fuggeft , By ev'ry pleafing image they prefent , Reflections fuch as meliorate the heart , Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind ; Scenes 106 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... 'd for contemplation , and to nurfe The growing feeds of wifdom ; that fuggeft , By ev'ry pleafing image they prefent , Reflections fuch as meliorate the heart , Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind ; Scenes 106 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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... feeds upon the fobs and dying fhrieks Of harmless náture , dumb , but yet endu'd With eloquence , that agonies infpire , Of filent tears and heart - diftending fighs ? Vain tears , alas , and fighs , that never find A correfponding tone ...
... feeds upon the fobs and dying fhrieks Of harmless náture , dumb , but yet endu'd With eloquence , that agonies infpire , Of filent tears and heart - diftending fighs ? Vain tears , alas , and fighs , that never find A correfponding tone ...
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... feeds its giant growth , But barren , at th ' expence of neighb'ring twigs Lefs oftentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The reft , no portion left That may difgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation , he ...
... feeds its giant growth , But barren , at th ' expence of neighb'ring twigs Lefs oftentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The reft , no portion left That may difgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation , he ...
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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 —