The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...Little, Brown, 1859 |
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beneath bids blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham Edmonton eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory GLOWWORM God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven hope hour House of Lords Iliad John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON labour Lady land letter light live Lord lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never Newton night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pharisee pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Página 256 - off with all his might? As .he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why ?—they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She
Página 249 - So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
Página 228 - [glade, Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes, Pure bosom'd as that watery glass, And heaven reflected in her face. THE POET'S
Página 249 - allow'd To drive up to the door, lest all Should say that she was proud. So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad, The stones did rattle underneath,
Página 233 - daughters. VOL. i. 22 Beau mark'd my unsuccessful pains With fix'd considerate face, And puzzling set his puppy brains To comprehend the case. But with a cherup clear and strong Dispersing all his dream, I thence withdrew, and followed long The windings of the stream. My ramble ended, I returned ; Beau, trotting far before, The floating wreath again
Página 202 - O why are farmers made so coarse, Or clergy made so fine ? A kick, that scarce would move a horse, May kill a sound divine. Then let the boobies stay at home ; 'Twould cost him, I dare say, Less trouble taking twice the sum Without the clowns that pay. SONNET
Página 257 - out half a crown ; And thus unto tHe youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride
Página 219 - share Maria's grief! Her favourite, even in his cage, (What will not hunger's cruel rage ?) Assassin'd by a thief. Where Rhenus strays his vines among, The egg was laid from which he sprung ; And, though by nature mute, Or only with a whistle blest, Well taught he all the sounds express'd Of
Página 186 - shrubs, a variegated store, With woodbine and wild roses mantled o'er, Green balks and furrow'd lands, the stream that Its cooling vapour o'er the dewy meads, [spreads Downs, that almost escape the inquiring eye, That melt and fade into the distant sky, Beauties he lately slighted as he pass'd, Seem all created since he
Página 47 - To the wild wave, or wilder human breast, Implies authority that never can, That never ought to be the lot of man. But, muse, forbear ; long flights forebode a fall ; Strike on the deep-toned chord the sum of all. Hear the just law—the judgment of the skies ! He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies ; And he that