Poems, Volumen 2E. Lincoln, 1802 |
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... side ; and , elevated high , Taught the rais'd shoulders to invade the ears . Long time elaps'd or e'er our rugged sires Complain'd , though incommodiously pent in , And ill at ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan murmur , as became the ...
... side ; and , elevated high , Taught the rais'd shoulders to invade the ears . Long time elaps'd or e'er our rugged sires Complain'd , though incommodiously pent in , And ill at ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan murmur , as became the ...
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... 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 . Scenes must be beautiful ...
... 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 . Scenes must be beautiful ...
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... side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where ...
... side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where ...
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... side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and , upwrought To an ...
... side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and , upwrought To an ...
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... side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar with a round Of ladyships - a stranger to the poor ; Ambitious of ...
... side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar with a round Of ladyships - a stranger to the poor ; Ambitious of ...
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beauty beneath betimes blood boast breath call'd cause charms creature dear death delight divine dread dream earth ease ev'n ev'ry fair faith fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hate hear heart heav'n heav'nly honour hopes and fears human Israel JEHOVAH JESUS king labour learn'd less liberty light live LORD lyre mercy Mighty winds mind nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pity pleas'd pleasure plebeian poor pow'r praise pray'r proud rapture rest rise sacred Saviour scene seek seem'd shine sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile song soon soul sound spirit storm stream sweet task taste taught thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Página 37 - 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 34 - Deep in unfathomable mines Of never- failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs And works His sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Página 61 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Página 100 - Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion ; roses for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald...
Página 178 - 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 151 - And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Página 32 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Página 98 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent- whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
Página 50 - I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Página 153 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before : Thine eye shall be instructed ; and thine heart Made pure shall relish, with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.