Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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Σελίδα 69
... worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire , — Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 150 And that my raptures are not conjured ...
... worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire , — Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 150 And that my raptures are not conjured ...
Σελίδα 73
... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of ...
... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of ...
Σελίδα 79
... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy ...
... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy ...
Σελίδα 90
... worth and virtue , in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 670 675 Thrive most , and may 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 ...
... worth and virtue , in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 670 675 Thrive most , and may 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 ...
Σελίδα 101
... A prince with half his people . Ancient towers , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth consume 100 105 110 115 120 Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone B. II . 101 THE TASK .
... A prince with half his people . Ancient towers , And roofs embattled high , the gloomy scenes Where beauty oft and letter'd worth consume 100 105 110 115 120 Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone B. II . 101 THE TASK .
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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.