The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volumen 2Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert Johnson, 1806 |
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... till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perched upon the green - hill top , but close Environed with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick ...
... till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' Tis perched upon the green - hill top , but close Environed with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick ...
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... into the crowded room Between supporters ; and , once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again , These speak a loud memento . Yet even those Themselves BOOK I. 23 THE SOFA .
... into the crowded room Between supporters ; and , once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again , These speak a loud memento . Yet even those Themselves BOOK I. 23 THE SOFA .
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... heart with woe . The 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 24 BOOK L THE TASK .
... heart with woe . The 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 24 BOOK L THE TASK .
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... Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
... Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
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... Advancing fashion to the post of truth , And centering all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrepected forms , And knees and hassocks are well - nigh divorced . BOOK I. 33 THE SOFA .
... Advancing fashion to the post of truth , And centering all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrepected forms , And knees and hassocks are well - nigh divorced . BOOK I. 33 THE SOFA .
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Página 48 - Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 51 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 37 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Página 78 - In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed ; and, viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Página 160 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Página 189 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 13 - Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Página 12 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Página 103 - 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 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.