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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Σελίδα 58
... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all lov'd . Thofe funs are set . Oh , rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left is empty talk Of old achievements , and despair of new , Now hoift the fail , and let the ftreamers float ...
... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all lov'd . Thofe funs are set . Oh , rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left is empty talk Of old achievements , and despair of new , Now hoift the fail , and let the ftreamers float ...
Σελίδα 60
... force them fit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with fuch art , That each may find its most propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly lefs . Than by the labour and ...
... force them fit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with fuch art , That each may find its most propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly lefs . Than by the labour and ...
Σελίδα 62
... force and made no profelyte ) — I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament , of ...
... force and made no profelyte ) — I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament , of ...
Σελίδα 97
... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd , and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from those My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates ...
... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd , and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from those My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates ...
Σελίδα 112
... force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel : These , therefore , are his ...
... force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel : These , therefore , are his ...
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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 —