Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to fhow thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and fquander life . The dream is paft ; and thou ...
... thine , but curiofity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to fhow thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and fquander life . The dream is paft ; and thou ...
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... thine are honeft tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when ...
... thine are honeft tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art fad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when ...
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... thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Refolving all events , with their effects And manifold refults , into the will And ...
... thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Refolving all events , with their effects And manifold refults , into the will And ...
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... his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his ufe , and ready at his will ? Go , drefs thine eyes with eye - falve ; ask of him , Or afk of whomfoever he has taught ; And learn E 4 BOOK II . 55 THE TIME - PIECE .
... his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his ufe , and ready at his will ? Go , drefs thine eyes with eye - falve ; ask of him , Or afk of whomfoever he has taught ; And learn E 4 BOOK II . 55 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... bitter , which neglect Or temper fheds into thy cryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue - in thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , Heav'n - born , and deftin'd to the skies again BOOK III . 93 THE GARDEN . The Garden.
... bitter , which neglect Or temper fheds into thy cryftal cup . Thou art the nurse of virtue - in thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , Heav'n - born , and deftin'd to the skies again BOOK III . 93 THE GARDEN . The Garden.
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Página 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Página 371 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Página 99 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Página 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Página 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Página 137 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 375 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Página 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all.
Página 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.