Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...John Jones, 1790 - 298 страници |
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... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious ; placed within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and induftrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not rude and furly , and ...
... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious ; placed within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and induftrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not rude and furly , and ...
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... manners , victims of luxurious eafe . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that fcience traces , art invents , Or infpiration teaches ; and inclosed In boundlefs oceans never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as they ...
... manners , victims of luxurious eafe . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that fcience traces , art invents , Or infpiration teaches ; and inclosed In boundlefs oceans never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as they ...
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... manners may found , be Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deform'd , I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ...
... manners may found , be Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deform'd , I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ...
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... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profuse , Frequent in park , with lady at his fide , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profuse , Frequent in park , with lady at his fide , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
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... manner . Decent , folemn , chaste , And natural in gefture . Much imprefs'd Himself , as confcious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds Affectionate in look , May feel it too . And tender in address , as well ...
... manner . Decent , folemn , chaste , And natural in gefture . Much imprefs'd Himself , as confcious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds Affectionate in look , May feel it too . And tender in address , as well ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 12 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.