The Poetical Works of William CowperLovell, 1881 - 516 páginas |
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... kind . " I never received a little pleasure from anything in my life , " he writes ; " if I am pleased , it is in the extreme . " Few incidents of his early life have been preserved , and much obscurity rests on the circumstances which ...
... kind . " I never received a little pleasure from anything in my life , " he writes ; " if I am pleased , it is in the extreme . " Few incidents of his early life have been preserved , and much obscurity rests on the circumstances which ...
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... kind Present to the Author , a Patchwork Counterpane of her own Making • In Memory of the late John Thornton , Esq . The Four Ages . ( A brief fragment of an extensive pro- jected Poem ) The Retired Cat PAGE 348 348 . 349 . 350 351 The ...
... kind Present to the Author , a Patchwork Counterpane of her own Making • In Memory of the late John Thornton , Esq . The Four Ages . ( A brief fragment of an extensive pro- jected Poem ) The Retired Cat PAGE 348 348 . 349 . 350 351 The ...
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... kind , and born to be a slave . But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a ...
... kind , and born to be a slave . But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a ...
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... depends , as Nature shews , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the TABLE TALK . 5.
... depends , as Nature shews , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the TABLE TALK . 5.
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... kind office now ? May she and if offended Heaven be still Accessible , and prayer prevail , she will . ' Tis not , however , insolence and noise , The tempest of tumultuary joys , Nor is it yet despondence and dismay Will win her visits ...
... kind office now ? May she and if offended Heaven be still Accessible , and prayer prevail , she will . ' Tis not , however , insolence and noise , The tempest of tumultuary joys , Nor is it yet despondence and dismay Will win her visits ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Art thou beauty beneath blest boast Boötes breast breath call'd cause charms dear delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fill'd fire fix'd flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly honour hope hour human JEHOVAH-SHALOM labour land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind mounted best muse nature never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain palæstra peace pleasure praise prayer pride prove rapture rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler truth Twas verse virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wisely store wonder worth youth
Pasajes populares
Página 234 - Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Página 277 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Página 316 - 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!
Página 165 - 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.
Página 234 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Página 164 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Página 121 - Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Página 150 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Página 315 - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes...
Página 192 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. 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.