The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the Introduction of His "Private Correspondence.", Band 7Saunders and Otley, 1835 |
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... Play'd by the creatures of a Power who swears That he will judge the earth , and call the fool To a sharp reckoning that has lived in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible result So hollow and ...
... Play'd by the creatures of a Power who swears That he will judge the earth , and call the fool To a sharp reckoning that has lived in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible result So hollow and ...
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... play Of fancy , or proscribes the sound of mirth : Nor do we madly , like an impious world , Who deem religion frenzy , and the God That made them an intruder on their joys , Start at his awful name , or deem his praise A jarring note ...
... play Of fancy , or proscribes the sound of mirth : Nor do we madly , like an impious world , Who deem religion frenzy , and the God That made them an intruder on their joys , Start at his awful name , or deem his praise A jarring note ...
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... bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , fit pupils in the school Of card - devoted Time , and , night by night Placed at some vacant corner of the board , Learn every trick , and soon play all the game 42 B. IV . THE TASK .
... bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , fit pupils in the school Of card - devoted Time , and , night by night Placed at some vacant corner of the board , Learn every trick , and soon play all the game 42 B. IV . THE TASK .
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... play all the game But truce with censure . Roving as I rove , Where shall I find an end , or how proceed ? As he that travels far oft turns aside , To view some rugged rock or mouldering tower , Which seen delights him not ; then ...
... play all the game But truce with censure . Roving as I rove , Where shall I find an end , or how proceed ? As he that travels far oft turns aside , To view some rugged rock or mouldering tower , Which seen delights him not ; then ...
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... play upon the bars , Pendulous and foreboding , in the view Of superstition , prophesying still , Though still deceived , some stranger's near ap- proach . ' Tis thus the understanding takes repose In indolent vacuity of thought , And ...
... play upon the bars , Pendulous and foreboding , in the view Of superstition , prophesying still , Though still deceived , some stranger's near ap- proach . ' Tis thus the understanding takes repose In indolent vacuity of thought , And ...
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath bird boast breath call'd cause charms dear death declension delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease Edmonton eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd friendship Gilpin give glory grace grave hand happy hear heard heart heaven honour human John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour less liberty life's live lost lyre man-The mar delights mind mounted best muse nature Nature's ne'er Nebaioth never numbers nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pheme pleasure plebeian poet's poets praise prize prove rest scene seem'd shine side sigh sight skies smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tattlers tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trainband truth Twas virtue voice WARREN HASTINGS waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wisely store wonder worth youth
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Seite 38 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th
Seite 226 - as loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin, who but he! his fame soon spread around; "He carries weight! He rides a race! "Tis for a thousand pound!
Seite 249 - Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage...
Seite 351 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And, when his juicy salads fail'd, Sliced carrot pleased him well.
Seite 184 - Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes, But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but, — That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight — Eyes should be shut.
Seite 225 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out,
Seite 223 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin.
Seite 180 - 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.
Seite 66 - The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
Seite 99 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.