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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... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Peace to the artift , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - houfe , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
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... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have faid , at least I fhould poffefs The poet's treasure , filence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have faid , at least I fhould poffefs The poet's treasure , filence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
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... Peace among the nations recommended , on the ground of their common fellowship in forrow . - Prodigies enumerated . - Sicilian earthquakes.- Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by fin . — God the agent in them . - The philofophy ...
... Peace among the nations recommended , on the ground of their common fellowship in forrow . - Prodigies enumerated . - Sicilian earthquakes.- Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by fin . — God the agent in them . - The philofophy ...
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... intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements To preach BOOK II , 47 THE TIME - PIECE .
... intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements To preach BOOK II , 47 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie fcatter'd where the fhapely column ftood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord Are filent ...
... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie fcatter'd where the fhapely column ftood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord Are filent ...
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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 —