Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... their due praise , but censured . - Fête champêtre . — The book concludes with a reflection on the fatal effects of dissipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . I SING THE ARGUMENT .
... their due praise , but censured . - Fête champêtre . — The book concludes with a reflection on the fatal effects of dissipation and effeminacy upon our public measures . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . I SING THE ARGUMENT .
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... praise of nature most sincere , 150 And that my raptures are not conjur❜d up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause , and we have ...
... praise of nature most sincere , 150 And that my raptures are not conjur❜d up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause , and we have ...
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... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore 180 The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient ...
... Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore 180 The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient ...
الصفحة 39
... praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in ...
... praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this queen of cities , that so fair May yet be foul ; so witty , yet not wise . It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in ...
الصفحة 57
... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
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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