Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 Seiten |
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... happy ifle . The umber ftood Pond'rous and fixt by its own maffy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome say , An alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd ; And some ascribe th ' invention to a prieft Burly and big , and ftudious ...
... happy ifle . The umber ftood Pond'rous and fixt by its own maffy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome say , An alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd ; And some ascribe th ' invention to a prieft Burly and big , and ftudious ...
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... happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfeless of its charms , what still we love , That fuch fhort abfence may endear it more . Then forests , or the favage rock , may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
... happy to renounce awhile , Not fenfeless of its charms , what still we love , That fuch fhort abfence may endear it more . Then forests , or the favage rock , may please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of ...
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... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors E 2 BOOK IT . gi THE TIME - PIECE .
... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors E 2 BOOK IT . gi THE TIME - PIECE .
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... 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 results , into the will And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his E 3 BOOK II . 53 THE TIME ...
... 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 results , into the will And arbitration wife of the Supreme . Did not his E 3 BOOK II . 53 THE TIME ...
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... the labour and the skill it coft Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that steal away the thought With fuch address from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man 60 THE TASK . BOOK II .
... the labour and the skill it coft Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that steal away the thought With fuch address from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man 60 THE TASK . BOOK II .
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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 —