Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson, 1814 - 480 من الصفحات |
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... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ! Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy ...
... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ! Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy ...
الصفحة 23
... blest above , Heav'n's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , tho ' sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
... blest above , Heav'n's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , tho ' sweet and well combin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
الصفحة 25
... blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude : Nobly distinguish'd above all the six By deeds , in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
... blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude : Nobly distinguish'd above all the six By deeds , in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
الصفحة 48
... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
الصفحة 58
... blest as they ? Let Egypt's plagues and Canaan's woes proclaim The favours pour'd upon the Jewish name ; Their freedom purchas'd for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors valued most ; Their title to a country not their own Made ...
... blest as they ? Let Egypt's plagues and Canaan's woes proclaim The favours pour'd upon the Jewish name ; Their freedom purchas'd for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors valued most ; Their title to a country not their own Made ...
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Aspasio beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace groves hand happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human int'rest JOHN GILPIN land learn'd light lov'd lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once Parnassian peace perhaps pity plac'd pleas'd pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth
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الصفحة 237 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
الصفحة 442 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
الصفحة 213 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
الصفحة 386 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full, The lion, and the libbard, and the bear, Graze with the fearless flocks ; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.
الصفحة 232 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
الصفحة 230 - Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
الصفحة 382 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
الصفحة 237 - ... that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
الصفحة 169 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
الصفحة 161 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.