Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scenes she draws , 410 ...
... grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scenes she draws , 410 ...
الصفحة 52
... deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
الصفحة 53
William Cowper. Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulfs . What then ! -- were they the wicked above all , 150 And we the righteous , whose fast ...
William Cowper. Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulfs . What then ! -- were they the wicked above all , 150 And we the righteous , whose fast ...
الصفحة 61
... grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chastise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a swordblade , or displace a patch ; But where are it's sublimer trophies found ? What vice has it subdu'd ? whose heart reclaim ...
... grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chastise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a swordblade , or displace a patch ; But where are it's sublimer trophies found ? What vice has it subdu'd ? whose heart reclaim ...
الصفحة 64
... grave and learned clerks should need such aid . He doubtless is in sport , and does but droll , Assuming thus a rank unknown before— Grand caterer and drynurse of the church ! 370 I venerate the man , whose heart is warm , Whose hands ...
... grave and learned clerks should need such aid . He doubtless is in sport , and does but droll , Assuming thus a rank unknown before— Grand caterer and drynurse of the church ! 370 I venerate the man , whose heart is warm , Whose hands ...
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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