Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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Σελίδα 5
... woes.— That crib contains the Lord , whom I adore ; And earth's a shade , that I pursue no more . He is my firm support , my rock , my tower , I dwell secure beneath his sheltering power , And hold this mean retreat for ever dear , For ...
... woes.— That crib contains the Lord , whom I adore ; And earth's a shade , that I pursue no more . He is my firm support , my rock , my tower , I dwell secure beneath his sheltering power , And hold this mean retreat for ever dear , For ...
Σελίδα 18
... woes in secret I deplore , I taste thy goodness and I love the more . There , while a solemn stillness reigns around , Faith , Love , and Hope within my soul abound ; And while the world suppose me lost in care , The joys of angels ...
... woes in secret I deplore , I taste thy goodness and I love the more . There , while a solemn stillness reigns around , Faith , Love , and Hope within my soul abound ; And while the world suppose me lost in care , The joys of angels ...
Σελίδα 23
... abounding sweetness draws Peace passing human thought . Sorrow foregoes its nature there , And life assumes a tranquil air , Divested of its woes ; There sovereign goodness soothes the TESTIMONY OF DIVINE ADOPTION . 23.
... abounding sweetness draws Peace passing human thought . Sorrow foregoes its nature there , And life assumes a tranquil air , Divested of its woes ; There sovereign goodness soothes the TESTIMONY OF DIVINE ADOPTION . 23.
Σελίδα 24
William Cowper. Divested of its woes ; There sovereign goodness soothes the breast , Till then incapable of rest , In sacred sure repose . DIVINE LOVE ENDURES NO RIVAL . LOVE is the Lord whom I obey , Whose will transported I perform ...
William Cowper. Divested of its woes ; There sovereign goodness soothes the breast , Till then incapable of rest , In sacred sure repose . DIVINE LOVE ENDURES NO RIVAL . LOVE is the Lord whom I obey , Whose will transported I perform ...
Σελίδα 31
... woes I want , Save what Thou art pleased to grant . Our days are number'd , let us spare Our anxious hearts a needless care : ' Tis thine to number out our days ; Ours to give them to thy praise . Love is our only business here , Love ...
... woes I want , Save what Thou art pleased to grant . Our days are number'd , let us spare Our anxious hearts a needless care : ' Tis thine to number out our days ; Ours to give them to thy praise . Love is our only business here , Love ...
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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.