Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson, 1814 - 480 páginas |
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... hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose ...
... hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose ...
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... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the ...
... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the ...
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... hears the thunder ere the tempest low'rs ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human pow'rз , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
... hears the thunder ere the tempest low'rs ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human pow'rз , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
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... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observ'd aright , When the glad soul is made Heav'n's welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observ'd aright , When the glad soul is made Heav'n's welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
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... hear The precious stream still purling in his ear , Lip deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition , and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense , The precept , that enjoins him abstiuence ...
... hear The precious stream still purling in his ear , Lip deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition , and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense , The precept , that enjoins him abstiuence ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aspasio beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace groves hand happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human int'rest JOHN GILPIN land learn'd light lov'd lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once Parnassian peace perhaps pity plac'd pleas'd pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth
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Página 237 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 442 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Página 213 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
Página 386 - 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.
Página 232 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Página 230 - Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 382 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 237 - ... that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Página 169 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 161 - 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. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.