Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away ; He drinks his simple bev'rage with a gust ; 240 And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel th ' alacrity and joy , With TABLE TALK . 13.
... always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away ; He drinks his simple bev'rage with a gust ; 240 And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel th ' alacrity and joy , With TABLE TALK . 13.
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... sense of scorn , 489 The strings are swept with such a pow'r , so loud , The storm of musick shakes th ' astonish'd crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The ...
... sense of scorn , 489 The strings are swept with such a pow'r , so loud , The storm of musick shakes th ' astonish'd crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The ...
الصفحة 27
... sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refin'd , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all ...
... sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refin'd , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all ...
الصفحة 28
William Cowper. I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , 520 And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs it's ...
William Cowper. I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , 520 And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs it's ...
الصفحة 29
... sense , and wit . To dally much with subjects mean and low Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it so . Neglected talents rust into decay , And ev'ry effort ends in pushpin play . 540 The man , that means success , should soar above ...
... sense , and wit . To dally much with subjects mean and low Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it so . Neglected talents rust into decay , And ev'ry effort ends in pushpin play . 540 The man , that means success , should soar above ...
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