Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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Σελίδα vii
... perhaps have been taken from an emblem . The emblem itself occurs among those engraved by Crispinus Passæus , for which George Wither wrote a volume of verses : it is the forty - sixth of the first book ; but ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
... perhaps have been taken from an emblem . The emblem itself occurs among those engraved by Crispinus Passæus , for which George Wither wrote a volume of verses : it is the forty - sixth of the first book ; but ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
Σελίδα 88
... perhaps by British bark again . But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage " ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers ...
... perhaps by British bark again . But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage " ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers ...
Σελίδα 89
... Perhaps errs little , when she paints thee thus . She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb'st the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste For sight of ship from England . Every speck Seen in the ...
... Perhaps errs little , when she paints thee thus . She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb'st the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste For sight of ship from England . Every speck Seen in the ...
Σελίδα 90
... perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft 42 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The dregs and fæculence of every land . In cities foul example on most minds ...
... perhaps thrive only there , 680 Yet not in cities oft 42 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The dregs and fæculence of every land . In cities foul example on most minds ...
Σελίδα 108
... perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook , they little note His dangers or escapes , and haply find 305 There least amusement where he found the most 18. 310 But is amusement all ? studious of song , And yet ...
... perhaps Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook , they little note His dangers or escapes , and haply find 305 There least amusement where he found the most 18. 310 But is amusement all ? studious of song , And yet ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
beauty beneath bliss boast breath cause charms Cowper dear deep delight distant divine divine simplicity dream Dunciad earth ease fair fame fancy fear feel Fête champêtre flower folly form'd frown glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honour human John Gilpin Julius Cæsar King L'Allegro labour less live Lord lost Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never night o'er once pain peace pleased pleasure Pope praise proud prove pure repose rove rude sacred Satire Satire iv Satire vi scene scorn secret fire seek shades shine sighs sight silent skies sleep smile Soame Jenyns song Sonnet 18 soon sorrow soul Spleen stream sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth
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Σελίδα 306 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
Σελίδα 98 - 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.
Σελίδα 80 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Σελίδα 97 - 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.
Σελίδα 235 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Σελίδα 261 - 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.
Σελίδα 129 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Σελίδα 305 - Now Mistress Gilpin, careful soul, Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak well brushed and neat He manfully did throw.
Σελίδα 259 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Σελίδα 309 - 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.