Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... Earth : and , plotting in the dark , Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove , That crowns it ! yet not all it's pride secures The grand retreat from ...
... Earth : and , plotting in the dark , Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove , That crowns it ! yet not all it's pride secures The grand retreat from ...
الصفحة 19
... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlight'ning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev ...
... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlight'ning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev ...
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... by cruel chance ; From gayety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blasphemy , the heart with wo . The Earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleas'd BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA .
... by cruel chance ; From gayety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth with blasphemy , the heart with wo . The Earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleas'd BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA .
الصفحة 29
... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in ...
... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in ...
الصفحة 36
... is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd to compass Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . 670 But though true worth and virtue in the mild And 36 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
... is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not for nought ; And must be brib'd to compass Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . 670 But though true worth and virtue in the mild And 36 BOOK 1 . THE TASK .
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel Fleet Street flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour hope human labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps plac'd pleas'd pleasure plebeian pow'r praise proud prove quake rapture rest riddance rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine sight skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth