Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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Σελίδα 16
... silent and gaze : ' Tis all that is left to me now . Oh glory in which I am lost , Too deep for the plummet of thought ; On an ocean of Deity toss'd , I am swallow'd , I sink into nought . Yet lost and absorb'd as I seem , I chant to ...
... silent and gaze : ' Tis all that is left to me now . Oh glory in which I am lost , Too deep for the plummet of thought ; On an ocean of Deity toss'd , I am swallow'd , I sink into nought . Yet lost and absorb'd as I seem , I chant to ...
Σελίδα 30
... silence of this calm retreat ! Here Truth , the fair whom I pursue , Gives all her beauty to my view ; The simple , unadorn'd display Charms every pain and fear away . O Truth , whom millions proudly slight ; O Truth 30 COWPER'S POEMs ...
... silence of this calm retreat ! Here Truth , the fair whom I pursue , Gives all her beauty to my view ; The simple , unadorn'd display Charms every pain and fear away . O Truth , whom millions proudly slight ; O Truth 30 COWPER'S POEMs ...
Σελίδα 36
... silent as my secret sighs , Those emanations of a soul , That darts her fires beyond the pole ; Your rays , that scarce assist the sight , That pierce , but not displace the night , That shine indeed , but nothing show Of all those ...
... silent as my secret sighs , Those emanations of a soul , That darts her fires beyond the pole ; Your rays , that scarce assist the sight , That pierce , but not displace the night , That shine indeed , but nothing show Of all those ...
Σελίδα 37
... silent Hours , Diffusing peace o'er all my powers , Friends of the pensive ! who conceal In darkest shades the flames I feel ; To you I trust , and safely may , The love that wastes my strength away . In sylvan scenes and caverns rude ...
... silent Hours , Diffusing peace o'er all my powers , Friends of the pensive ! who conceal In darkest shades the flames I feel ; To you I trust , and safely may , The love that wastes my strength away . In sylvan scenes and caverns rude ...
Σελίδα 44
... silent , seeing what I see , - And fear , with cause , that I am self - deceived ; Not even my faith is from suspicion free , And that I love , seems not to be believed . Live Thou , and reign for ever , glorious Lord 44 COWPER'S POems .
... silent , seeing what I see , - And fear , with cause , that I am self - deceived ; Not even my faith is from suspicion free , And that I love , seems not to be believed . Live Thou , and reign for ever , glorious Lord 44 COWPER'S POems .
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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.