The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... his tempestuous arm , Thy Maker fills the nations with alarm , While his own heaven surveys the troubled scene , And feels no change , unshaken and serene . H Freedom , in other lands scarce known to shine , EXPOSTULATION . 73.
... his tempestuous arm , Thy Maker fills the nations with alarm , While his own heaven surveys the troubled scene , And feels no change , unshaken and serene . H Freedom , in other lands scarce known to shine , EXPOSTULATION . 73.
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... feel less , And no where , but in feign'd Arcadian scenes , Taste happiness , or know what pleasure means . Riches are pass'd away from hand to hand , As fortune , vice , or folly , may command ; As in a dance the pair that take the ...
... feel less , And no where , but in feign'd Arcadian scenes , Taste happiness , or know what pleasure means . Riches are pass'd away from hand to hand , As fortune , vice , or folly , may command ; As in a dance the pair that take the ...
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... feels the spur of passions and desires , And she gives largely more than he requires ; Not that , his hours devoted all to care , Hollow - eyed abstinence , and lean despair , The wretch may pine , while to his smell , taste , sight ...
... feels the spur of passions and desires , And she gives largely more than he requires ; Not that , his hours devoted all to care , Hollow - eyed abstinence , and lean despair , The wretch may pine , while to his smell , taste , sight ...
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... feel , That tread the circuit of the cistern wheel ; A dull rotation , never at a stay , Yesterday's face twin - image of to - day ; While conversation , an exhausted stock , Grows drowsy as the clicking of a clock . No need , he cries ...
... feel , That tread the circuit of the cistern wheel ; A dull rotation , never at a stay , Yesterday's face twin - image of to - day ; While conversation , an exhausted stock , Grows drowsy as the clicking of a clock . No need , he cries ...
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... feel themselves allied to all the race . When Cook ' - lamented , and with tears as just As ever mingled with heroic dust- Steer'd Britain's oak into a world unknown , And in his country's glory sought his own , Wherever he found man ...
... feel themselves allied to all the race . When Cook ' - lamented , and with tears as just As ever mingled with heroic dust- Steer'd Britain's oak into a world unknown , And in his country's glory sought his own , Wherever he found man ...
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Términos y frases comunes
bard beauty beneath blest boast breath call'd cause charms Christian Cowper dear delight divine Dr Johnson dread dream e'en earth Eartham ease ev'ry eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope human John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour Lady land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind muse Nature Nebaioth never NOTE numbers nymph o'er OLNEY HYMNS once Parnassian peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sublime sweet taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler true truth Twas verse vex'd virtue Voltaire waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth youth
Pasajes populares
Página 333 - 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.
Página 498 - OH ! for a closer walk with God ; A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Página 499 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Página 433 - 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 wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Página 381 - 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. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 489 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.
Página 485 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Página 487 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Página 487 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away.
Página 187 - FOB a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.