Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...John Jones, 1790 - 298 páginas |
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... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all loved . Those funs are fet . Oh rise fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left , is empty talk Of old atchievements , and defpair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the streamers float ...
... force , And all were fwift to follow whom all loved . Those funs are fet . Oh rise fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left , is empty talk Of old atchievements , and defpair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the streamers float ...
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... force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its moft propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly lefs , Than Than by the ...
... force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its moft propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly lefs , Than Than by the ...
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... force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Muft ftand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
... force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Muft ftand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most important and effectual guard , Support and ornament of virtue's ...
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... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from thofe My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates , and ...
... force foliciting the darts , He drew them forth , and heal'd and bade me live . Since then , with few affociates , in remote And filent woods I wander , far from thofe My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few affociates , and ...
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... force . Proud of his well fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel ; Those therefore are his own ...
... force . Proud of his well fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than ev'n their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel ; Those therefore are his own ...
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Página 35 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 205 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks ; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.
Página 106 - 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 76 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Página 206 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 166 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 12 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Página 269 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Página 261 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband 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.
Página 207 - Thy rams are there, *Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there ; The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west ; And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.