The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volumen 2W. Pickering, 1830 |
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... Earth : and , plotting in the dark , Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from ...
... Earth : and , plotting in the dark , Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from ...
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... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , * See the foregoing note . And darkening and enlightening , as ...
... earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , * See the foregoing note . And darkening and enlightening , as ...
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... Earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well ...
... Earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well ...
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... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in ...
... earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in ...
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... Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And ...
... Earth again By other hopes and richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And ...
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms creatures death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy farewell flight fear feed feel fieldfare flowers folly form'd fruit grace grave hand happy happy prisoners hast heard heart Heaven high raised honour hope infant sorrows John Throckmorton labour learn'd less life's live lyre mind mischief mounted best muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never numbers o'er once pass'd peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize proud prove rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd sensual world shade shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste taste Of evils thee theme thine thou art thought toil truth vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER winds winter wisdom wise wisely store wonder worth youth
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Página 97 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Página 34 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Página 33 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
Página 13 - Nor less attractive is the woodland scene, Diversified with trees of every growth, Alike yet various. Here the grey smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs.
Página 254 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile...
Página 256 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies.
Página 163 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Página 100 - The manners, customs, policy of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Página 299 - 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...
Página 8 - The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tow'r, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.