Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 σελίδες |
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... loins , that felt no ease ; The flipp'ry feat betray'd the fliding part That prefs'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the reft , whom fate B 2 BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA .
... loins , that felt no ease ; The flipp'ry feat betray'd the fliding part That prefs'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the reft , whom fate B 2 BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA .
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... ease . But , rude at firft , and not with easy slope Receding wide , they prefs'd against the ribs , And bruis'd the fide ; and , elevated high , Taught the rais'd fhoulders to invade the ears . Long time elaps'd or e'er our rugged ...
... ease . But , rude at firft , and not with easy slope Receding wide , they prefs'd against the ribs , And bruis'd the fide ; and , elevated high , Taught the rais'd fhoulders to invade the ears . Long time elaps'd or e'er our rugged ...
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... ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid foul ...
... ease . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , fhrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid foul ...
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... ease , Or feen with leaft reproach ; and virtue , taught By frequent lapfe , can hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of fuccefsful flight . I do confefs them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish moft ; where , in the ...
... ease , Or feen with leaft reproach ; and virtue , taught By frequent lapfe , can hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of fuccefsful flight . I do confefs them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish moft ; where , in the ...
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... ease By vicious custom , raging uncontroll'd Abroad , and defolating public life . When fierce temptation , feconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts Temper'd in hell , invades the throbbing breaft , To combat may be ...
... ease By vicious custom , raging uncontroll'd Abroad , and defolating public life . When fierce temptation , feconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts Temper'd in hell , invades the throbbing breaft , To combat may be ...
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Σελίδα 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Σελίδα 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Σελίδα 139 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Σελίδα 275 - 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 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Σελίδα 65 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Σελίδα 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Σελίδα 46 - 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 47 - 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 219 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —