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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... Honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording ...
... Honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording ...
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... honour has been deemed of use , To teach good manners , and to curb abuse ; Admit it true , the consequence is clear , Our polished manners are a mask we wear , And at the bottom barbarous still and rude , We are restrained , indeed ...
... honour has been deemed of use , To teach good manners , and to curb abuse ; Admit it true , the consequence is clear , Our polished manners are a mask we wear , And at the bottom barbarous still and rude , We are restrained , indeed ...
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... honour plead , On reason's verdict is a madman's deed . Am I to set my life upon a throw , Because a bear is rude and surly ? No- A moral , sensible and well - bred man Will not affront me ; and no other can . Were I empowered to ...
... honour plead , On reason's verdict is a madman's deed . Am I to set my life upon a throw , Because a bear is rude and surly ? No- A moral , sensible and well - bred man Will not affront me ; and no other can . Were I empowered to ...
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... a better doom , The noble beast judge otherwise , his groom . Yet e'en the rogue that serves him , though he stand , To take his honour's orders , cap in hand , To find the medium asks some share of wit , E 2 CONVERSATION . 43.
... a better doom , The noble beast judge otherwise , his groom . Yet e'en the rogue that serves him , though he stand , To take his honour's orders , cap in hand , To find the medium asks some share of wit , E 2 CONVERSATION . 43.
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... time improves the grape's authentic juice , Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use , And claims a reverence in its shortening day , That ' tis an honour and a joy to pay . The fruits of age , less fair , are yet CONVERSATION . 45.
... time improves the grape's authentic juice , Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use , And claims a reverence in its shortening day , That ' tis an honour and a joy to pay . The fruits of age , less fair , are yet CONVERSATION . 45.
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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.