Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xiv
... happy eloquence was there at home , Ambitious not to shine or to excel , But to treat justly what he lov'd so well * * * ** * * * *** ** * ** * * * * * * * * * * Though time will wear us , and we must grow old ; Such men are not forgot ...
... happy eloquence was there at home , Ambitious not to shine or to excel , But to treat justly what he lov'd so well * * * ** * * * *** ** * ** * * * * * * * * * * Though time will wear us , and we must grow old ; Such men are not forgot ...
Σελίδα xx
... eye - lid stood the tear That pity had engender'd , drop one here ! This man was happy - had the world's good word , And with it ev'ry joy it can afford ; Friendship and love seem'd tenderly at strife , Which most XX LIFE OF COWPER , & c .
... eye - lid stood the tear That pity had engender'd , drop one here ! This man was happy - had the world's good word , And with it ev'ry joy it can afford ; Friendship and love seem'd tenderly at strife , Which most XX LIFE OF COWPER , & c .
Σελίδα 22
... Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flow'r , Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature , from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun , Prompts with ...
... Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flow'r , Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature , from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun , Prompts with ...
Σελίδα 38
... Happy the state that has not these to fear . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom us'd , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward , Keep vice restrain'd behind a double guard ; To quell the ...
... Happy the state that has not these to fear . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom us'd , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward , Keep vice restrain'd behind a double guard ; To quell the ...
Σελίδα 56
... Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all things , and ...
... Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all things , and ...
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Σελίδα 53 - 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 228 - 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." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Σελίδα 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Σελίδα 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Σελίδα 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Σελίδα 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Σελίδα 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Σελίδα 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Σελίδα 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Σελίδα 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.