The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country : with a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of ThomsonLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851 - 537 страници |
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... Hear the just law - the judgment of the skies ' He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies : And he that will be cheated to the last , Delusions strong as Hell shall bind him fast . But if the wanderer his mistake discern , Judge his ...
... Hear the just law - the judgment of the skies ' He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies : And he that will be cheated to the last , Delusions strong as Hell shall bind him fast . But if the wanderer his mistake discern , Judge his ...
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... Hear him - himself the poet and the theme : A monarch clothed with majesty and awe , His mind his kingdom , and his will his law , Grace in his mien , and glory in his eyes , Supreme on earth , and worthy of the skies , Strength in his ...
... Hear him - himself the poet and the theme : A monarch clothed with majesty and awe , His mind his kingdom , and his will his law , Grace in his mien , and glory in his eyes , Supreme on earth , and worthy of the skies , Strength in his ...
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... hear , and fewer heed the strain ; But if a sweeter voice , and one designed A blessing to my country and mankind , Reclaim the wandering thousands , and bring home A flock so scattered and so wont to roam , Then place it once again ...
... hear , and fewer heed the strain ; But if a sweeter voice , and one designed A blessing to my country and mankind , Reclaim the wandering thousands , and bring home A flock so scattered and so wont to roam , Then place it once again ...
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... hear plain truth at Judah's hallowed gate : Their language simple , as their manners meek , No shining ornaments have they to seek ; Nor labour they , nor time nor talents waste , In sorting flowers to suit a fickle taste ; But while ...
... hear plain truth at Judah's hallowed gate : Their language simple , as their manners meek , No shining ornaments have they to seek ; Nor labour they , nor time nor talents waste , In sorting flowers to suit a fickle taste ; But while ...
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... hear them tell of parentage and birth , And echo conversations dull and dry , Embellished with - He said , and So said I. At every interview their route the same , The repetition makes attention lame : We bustle up with unsuccessful ...
... hear them tell of parentage and birth , And echo conversations dull and dry , Embellished with - He said , and So said I. At every interview their route the same , The repetition makes attention lame : We bustle up with unsuccessful ...
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Æsop Beau marked beauty beneath better blessing boast cause charms Christian COWPER dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair faith fancy favour fear feel flowers folly give glory grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope hour human Huntingdon John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour LADY least less live Lord lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never numbers nymph o'er Olney once pain peace perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise prove reason rest scene scorn Scripture seems shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sure sweet taste thee theme thine thing thou thought toil true truth Twas verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM UNWIN wind wisdom wish wonder worth youth
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Страница 61 - 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 123 - 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 130 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Страница 90 - Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. 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.
Страница 150 - But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
Страница 94 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Страница 87 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Страница 110 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Страница 44 - Of blackening pines, aye waving to and fro, Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood ; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
Страница 131 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.