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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... clear voice , symphonious , yet distinct , And in the charming strife triumphant still , Beguile the night , and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly , and unfelt the task proceeds . The volume closed ...
... clear voice , symphonious , yet distinct , And in the charming strife triumphant still , Beguile the night , and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly , and unfelt the task proceeds . The volume closed ...
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... clear reflection multiplied From many a mirror , in which he of Gath , Goliath , might have seen his giant bulk Whole without stooping , towering crest and all , My pleasures too begin . But me perhaps The glowing hearth may satisfy ...
... clear reflection multiplied From many a mirror , in which he of Gath , Goliath , might have seen his giant bulk Whole without stooping , towering crest and all , My pleasures too begin . But me perhaps The glowing hearth may satisfy ...
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... clear , But dying soon , like all terrestrial joys . The few small embers left she nurses well ; And , while her infant race , with outspread hands , And crowded knees , sit cowering o'er the sparks , Retires , content to quake , so ...
... clear , But dying soon , like all terrestrial joys . The few small embers left she nurses well ; And , while her infant race , with outspread hands , And crowded knees , sit cowering o'er the sparks , Retires , content to quake , so ...
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... clear transparency , that seem'd Another moon new risen , or meteor fallen From heaven to earth , of lambent flame serene . So stood the brittle prodigy ; though smooth And slippery the materials , yet frostbound Firm as a rock . Nor ...
... clear transparency , that seem'd Another moon new risen , or meteor fallen From heaven to earth , of lambent flame serene . So stood the brittle prodigy ; though smooth And slippery the materials , yet frostbound Firm as a rock . Nor ...
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... clear escape from tyrannizing lust , And full immunity from penal woe . Chains are the portion of revolted man , Stripes , and a dungeon ; and his body serves The triple purpose . In that sickly , foul , Opprobrious residence he finds ...
... clear escape from tyrannizing lust , And full immunity from penal woe . Chains are the portion of revolted man , Stripes , and a dungeon ; and his body serves The triple purpose . In that sickly , foul , Opprobrious residence he finds ...
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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.