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Few know thy value , and few taste thy sweets , Though many boast thy favours ,
and affect To understand and chuse thee for their own . But foolish man foregoes
his Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed in paradise ( for earth ...
Few know thy value , and few taste thy sweets , Though many boast thy favours ,
and affect To understand and chuse thee for their own . But foolish man foregoes
his Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed in paradise ( for earth ...
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Heroes and their feats Fatigu'd me , never weary of the pipe Of Tityrus ,
assembling , as he sang , The rustic throng beneath his fav'rite beech . Then
Milton had indeed a poet's charms : New to my taste , his Paradise surpafs'd The
struggling ...
Heroes and their feats Fatigu'd me , never weary of the pipe Of Tityrus ,
assembling , as he sang , The rustic throng beneath his fav'rite beech . Then
Milton had indeed a poet's charms : New to my taste , his Paradise surpafs'd The
struggling ...
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... as favour'd lovers feel , I studied , priz'd , and wish'd that I had known ,
Ingenious Cowley ! and though now reclaimed , By modern lights , from an
erroneous taste , I cannot but lament thy fplendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of
the schools .
... as favour'd lovers feel , I studied , priz'd , and wish'd that I had known ,
Ingenious Cowley ! and though now reclaimed , By modern lights , from an
erroneous taste , I cannot but lament thy fplendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of
the schools .
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Would you your fon should be a fot or dunce , Lascivious , headstrong , or all
these at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's finish'd taste For loose expence
, and fashionable waste , Should prove your ruin and his own at last ; Train him in
...
Would you your fon should be a fot or dunce , Lascivious , headstrong , or all
these at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's finish'd taste For loose expence
, and fashionable waste , Should prove your ruin and his own at last ; Train him in
...
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... stillness aiding study , and his mind Serene , and to his duties much inclin'd ,
Not occupied in day - dreams , as at home , Of pleasures past or follies yet to
come , His virtuous toil may terminate at last In settled habit and decided taste.
... stillness aiding study , and his mind Serene , and to his duties much inclin'd ,
Not occupied in day - dreams , as at home , Of pleasures past or follies yet to
come , His virtuous toil may terminate at last In settled habit and decided taste.
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beauty beneath bound breath bright cauſe charge charms clear courſe death deep delight divine dream earth eaſe ev'ry fair fall fear feed feel field fight firſt flow'rs folly foon force fruits give grace half hand happy head heart heav'n himſelf hold hope human juſt kind king land laſt leaſt leaves leſs light live loft manners means mind moſt muſt nature never o'er once peace perhaps play pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe proud prove reſt ſcene ſchools ſee ſeek ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſmile ſome ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves theſe thine things thoſe thou thought true truth turn uſe virtue whoſe wind winter wiſdom worth youth
Pasajes populares
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.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems, Volumen 2 Poems, William Cowper Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes, William Cowper |
| Autor | William Cowper |
| Editor | John Jones, 1790 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Jun 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 298 páginas |
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