The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the Introduction of His "Private Correspondence.", Volumen 7Saunders and Otley, 1835 |
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... deer , that left the herd Long since with many an arrow deep infix'd My panting side was charged , when I withdrew , To seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been 6 B. III . THE TASK .
... deer , that left the herd Long since with many an arrow deep infix'd My panting side was charged , when I withdrew , To seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been 6 B. III . THE TASK .
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... charge His mind with meanings that he never had , Or having , kept conceal'd . Some drill and bore The solid earth , and from the strata there Extract a register , by which we learn , That he who made it , and reveal'd its date To Moses ...
... charge His mind with meanings that he never had , Or having , kept conceal'd . Some drill and bore The solid earth , and from the strata there Extract a register , by which we learn , That he who made it , and reveal'd its date To Moses ...
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... , That meet , no barren interval between , 1 With pleasure more than e'en their fruits afford ; Which , save himself who trains them , none can feel . These therefore are his own peculiar charge ; No meaner 16 B. 111 . THE TASK .
... , That meet , no barren interval between , 1 With pleasure more than e'en their fruits afford ; Which , save himself who trains them , none can feel . These therefore are his own peculiar charge ; No meaner 16 B. 111 . THE TASK .
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... charge ; No meaner hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distemper'd , or has lost prolific powers , Impair'd by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And ...
... charge ; No meaner hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distemper'd , or has lost prolific powers , Impair'd by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And ...
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... suns and moons Of close ramm'd stones has charged the encumber'd soil , And fairly laid the zodiac in the dust . He therefore , who would see his flowers disposed Sightly and in just order , ere he gives The 24 B. III . THE TASK .
... suns and moons Of close ramm'd stones has charged the encumber'd soil , And fairly laid the zodiac in the dust . He therefore , who would see his flowers disposed Sightly and in just order , ere he gives The 24 B. III . THE TASK .
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Página 38 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th
Página 226 - 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 249 - Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage...
Página 351 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And, when his juicy salads fail'd, Sliced carrot pleased him well.
Página 184 - Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes, But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but, — That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight — Eyes should be shut.
Página 225 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out,
Página 223 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin.
Página 180 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Página 66 - The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
Página 99 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.