The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations, Volumen 6H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... 1792 On a similar Occasion , for the Year 1793 Adam a Sacred Drama . Translated from the Italian of Gio . Bat- tista Andreini Page 311 312 313 · 315 . 316 317 • , 319 THE POEMS OF WILLIAM COWPER , ESQ . THE TASK CONTENTS .
... 1792 On a similar Occasion , for the Year 1793 Adam a Sacred Drama . Translated from the Italian of Gio . Bat- tista Andreini Page 311 312 313 · 315 . 316 317 • , 319 THE POEMS OF WILLIAM COWPER , ESQ . THE TASK CONTENTS .
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... Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons , the fairest of her daughters Eve . Par . Lost , iv . 321 . In the lowest deep a lower deep . Ibid . iv . 76 . 420 Et ambigua de Vespasiano fama : solusque omnium ante se Principum , in ...
... Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons , the fairest of her daughters Eve . Par . Lost , iv . 321 . In the lowest deep a lower deep . Ibid . iv . 76 . 420 Et ambigua de Vespasiano fama : solusque omnium ante se Principum , in ...
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... man ? Knows he his origin ? can he ascend By reminiscence to his earliest date ? Slept he in Adam ? and in those from him Through numerous generations , till he found At length his destined moment to be born ? Or 256 ' COWPER'S POEMS .
... man ? Knows he his origin ? can he ascend By reminiscence to his earliest date ? Slept he in Adam ? and in those from him Through numerous generations , till he found At length his destined moment to be born ? Or 256 ' COWPER'S POEMS .
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... The conscience , yet Unpurified by an authentic act Of amnesty , the meed of blood divine , Loved not the light , but , gloomy , into gloom Of thickest shades , like Adam after taste Of fruit 268 COWPER'S POEMS . Yardley.
... The conscience , yet Unpurified by an authentic act Of amnesty , the meed of blood divine , Loved not the light , but , gloomy , into gloom Of thickest shades , like Adam after taste Of fruit 268 COWPER'S POEMS . Yardley.
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... Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed , as to a refuge , fled . Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball , Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay , Seeking her food , with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held ...
... Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed , as to a refuge , fled . Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball , Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay , Seeking her food , with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held ...
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The Works of William Cowper, Esq: Comprising His Poems ..., Volumen 6 William Cowper Vista completa - 1836 |
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ADAM ANGEL art thou Avernus beasts beauty BEELZEBUB Behold beneath birds boast bosom breath BRIDGEWATER TREATISES bright call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dear death delight DEMOSTHENES divine dost thou dread dream earth Edition Engravings on Steel eternal eyes fair fame fear feel fire FLESH flowers form'd fruit glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace hand happy heard heart heaven hell honour human labour light live Lord lost LUCIFER mighty mind nature never o'er once P. L. SIMMONDS pain peace pleasure Portrait praise proud ROBERT SOUTHEY SATAN Satire vi scene seat seem'd SERPENT shine sigh sight skies smile song soon soul spirit STANDARD LIBRARY stars stream sweet taste tears thee thine things thou art thou hast toil translated truth Twas virtue voice Vols WILLIAM COWPER wind wings wisdom wonder Wood Wood Engravings Woodcuts worth
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Página 178 - 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. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will £11 the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 183 - 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, Well done!
Página 73 - Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Página 134 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 66 - 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.
Página 41 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 186 - And galloped off with all his might As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Now...
Página 184 - But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why ? his owner had a house Full ten miles off at Ware.
Página 182 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might.