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... called patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless
of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all
their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If
this ...
... called patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless
of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all
their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If
this ...
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The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a inischief , or at best a toy ; A
trife , if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse
than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of ...
The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a inischief , or at best a toy ; A
trife , if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse
than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of ...
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Whoever errs , the priest can never be wrong , With such fine words familiar to his
tongue . Ye ladies ! for indifferent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all
applause ) Whatever shocks , or gives the least ' offence To virtue , delicacy , truth
...
Whoever errs , the priest can never be wrong , With such fine words familiar to his
tongue . Ye ladies ! for indifferent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all
applause ) Whatever shocks , or gives the least ' offence To virtue , delicacy , truth
...
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Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own
crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then
take it for a guide . . . Halting on crutches of unequal size ; One leg by truth
supported ...
Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own
crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then
take it for a guide . . . Halting on crutches of unequal size ; One leg by truth
supported ...
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Grace leads the right way : if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish ; but
restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful
suicide on God ' s decree . Oh how unlike the complex works of man , Heaven ' s
easy ...
Grace leads the right way : if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish ; but
restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful
suicide on God ' s decree . Oh how unlike the complex works of man , Heaven ' s
easy ...
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Página 277 - His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So "Fair and softly...
Página 276 - For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more.
Página 207 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Página 279 - Well done ! 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...
Página 280 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the Wash about, On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. " Stop, stop, John Gilpin ! Here's the house!" They all at once did cry ; "The dinner waits and we are tired.
Página 230 - LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; • With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes.
Página 225 - And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it ; it fell to the ground. And such...
Página 183 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which if He please God in a moment executes with ease) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till He tune them, all their power and use.
Página 209 - And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
Página 283 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems, Volumen 1 Poems, William Cowper |
| Autor | William Cowper |
| Publicado en | 1806 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 25 Sep 2006 |
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