Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 страници |
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... ftill , Lord of the woods , the long - furviving oak . Some gloffy - leav'd , and fhining in the fun , The maple , and the beech of oily nuts Prolific , and the lime at dewy eve Diffufing odours : nor unnoted pass The fycamore ...
... ftill , Lord of the woods , the long - furviving oak . Some gloffy - leav'd , and fhining in the fun , The maple , and the beech of oily nuts Prolific , and the lime at dewy eve Diffufing odours : nor unnoted pass The fycamore ...
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... ftill defire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort , Her mingled fuits and ...
... ftill defire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort , Her mingled fuits and ...
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... the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides , a gown 14 More tatter'd ftill ; and both but ill conceal BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA ,
... the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides , a gown 14 More tatter'd ftill ; and both but ill conceal BOOK I. 29 THE SOFA ,
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... ftill ; and both but ill conceal A bosom heav'd with never - ceafing fighs . She begs an idle pin of all the meets , And hoards them in her fleeve ; but needful food , ! Though prefs'd with hunger oft , or comelier clothes , Though ...
... ftill ; and both but ill conceal A bosom heav'd with never - ceafing fighs . She begs an idle pin of all the meets , And hoards them in her fleeve ; but needful food , ! Though prefs'd with hunger oft , or comelier clothes , Though ...
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... ftill Your element ; there only can ye fhine ; There only minds like your's can do no harm . Our groves were planted to confole at noon The penfive wand'rer in their shades . At eve The moon - beam , fliding foftly in between The ...
... ftill Your element ; there only can ye fhine ; There only minds like your's can do no harm . Our groves were planted to confole at noon The penfive wand'rer in their shades . At eve The moon - beam , fliding foftly in between The ...
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Страница 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band 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 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Страница 139 - 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 275 - 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 218 - 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 65 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Страница 101 - 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 46 - 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 47 - 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 219 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —