Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 páginas |
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... fhade . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) A fudden fteep , upon a ruftic bridge We pafs a gulph , in which the willows dip Their pendent boughs , ftooping as if to drink . Hence , ancle - deep in moss and flow'ry thyme ...
... fhade . Defcending now ( but cautious , left too fast ) A fudden fteep , upon a ruftic bridge We pafs a gulph , in which the willows dip Their pendent boughs , ftooping as if to drink . Hence , ancle - deep in moss and flow'ry thyme ...
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... fhade , Where rumour of oppreffion and deceit , Of unfuccessful or fuccefsful war , Might never reach me more . My ear is pain'd , My foul is fick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd . There is no ...
... fhade , Where rumour of oppreffion and deceit , Of unfuccessful or fuccefsful war , Might never reach me more . My ear is pain'd , My foul is fick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd . There is no ...
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... fake its filence and its fhade . Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Sufceptible of pity , or a mind Cultur'd and capable of fober thought , For all the favage din of the fwift pack , BOOK III . 107 THE GARDEN .
... fake its filence and its fhade . Delights which who would leave , that has a heart Sufceptible of pity , or a mind Cultur'd and capable of fober thought , For all the favage din of the fwift pack , BOOK III . 107 THE GARDEN .
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... fhade , as if conven'd By magic fummons of th ' Orphean lyre . Yet just arrangement , rarely brought to pass But by a master's hand , difpofing well The gay diverfities of leaf and flow'r , Muft lend its aid t ' illuftrate all their ...
... fhade , as if conven'd By magic fummons of th ' Orphean lyre . Yet just arrangement , rarely brought to pass But by a master's hand , difpofing well The gay diverfities of leaf and flow'r , Muft lend its aid t ' illuftrate all their ...
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... fhade , Enjoy'd fpare feast ! -a radish and an egg ! Difcourfe enfues , not trivial , yet not dull , Nor fuch as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy , or profcribes the found of mirth : Nor do we madly , like an impious world , Who ...
... fhade , Enjoy'd fpare feast ! -a radish and an egg ! Difcourfe enfues , not trivial , yet not dull , Nor fuch as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy , or profcribes the found of mirth : Nor do we madly , like an impious world , Who ...
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Página 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band 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 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Página 139 - 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 275 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Página 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 65 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Página 101 - 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 46 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 47 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Página 219 - 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 —