Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin and other poemsBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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... thing in praise of the Author of the Task . It is of more consequence to inform the reader of the circumstances that have led to this pub- lication . About twenty years ago , a very dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly ...
... thing in praise of the Author of the Task . It is of more consequence to inform the reader of the circumstances that have led to this pub- lication . About twenty years ago , a very dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly ...
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... things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and I scorn it all . Canals , and fountains , and delicious vales , Green slopes and ...
... things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and I scorn it all . Canals , and fountains , and delicious vales , Green slopes and ...
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... thing filthy as dung . Let us leave it ourselves ( ' tis a mortal abode , ) To bask every moment in infinite Love ; Let us fly the dark winter , and follow the road That leads to the dayspring appearing above . THE TRIUMPH OF HEAVENLY ...
... thing filthy as dung . Let us leave it ourselves ( ' tis a mortal abode , ) To bask every moment in infinite Love ; Let us fly the dark winter , and follow the road That leads to the dayspring appearing above . THE TRIUMPH OF HEAVENLY ...
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... never men resort ; For in an age so frantic Impiety is sport ; For riot and confusion They barter things above , Condemning , as delusion , The joy of perfect love . In this sequester'd corner , None hears what I express 14 COWPER'S POems .
... never men resort ; For in an age so frantic Impiety is sport ; For riot and confusion They barter things above , Condemning , as delusion , The joy of perfect love . In this sequester'd corner , None hears what I express 14 COWPER'S POems .
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... things , Lost in thee , thou King of kings ! Ye that know my secret fire , Softly speak and soon retire ; Favour my divine repose , Spare the sleep a God bestows . GLORY TO GOD ALONE . OH loved ! but not enough — though dearer far Than ...
... things , Lost in thee , thou King of kings ! Ye that know my secret fire , Softly speak and soon retire ; Favour my divine repose , Spare the sleep a God bestows . GLORY TO GOD ALONE . OH loved ! but not enough — though dearer far Than ...
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beauty beneath bliss boast breath cause charms Cowper dear deep delight distant divine divine simplicity dream Dunciad earth ease fair fame fancy fear feel Fête champêtre flower folly form'd frown glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honour human John Gilpin Julius Cæsar King L'Allegro labour less live Lord lost Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never night o'er once pain peace pleased pleasure Pope praise proud prove pure repose rove rude sacred Satire Satire iv Satire vi scene scorn secret fire seek shades shine sighs sight silent skies sleep smile Soame Jenyns song Sonnet 18 soon sorrow soul Spleen stream sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth
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Страница 306 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
Страница 98 - 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 earn'd.
Страница 80 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Страница 97 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Страница 235 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Страница 261 - Come then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy .' It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Страница 129 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Страница 305 - Now Mistress Gilpin, careful soul, Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak well brushed and neat He manfully did throw.
Страница 259 - 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.
Страница 309 - 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.