Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... monarchy consists in such base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected , thwarted , and withstood , Ev'n when he labours for his country's good , To • To fee a band call'd patriot for no cause TABLE TAL K.
... monarchy consists in such base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected , thwarted , and withstood , Ev'n when he labours for his country's good , To • To fee a band call'd patriot for no cause TABLE TAL K.
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... cause , But that they catch at popular applaufe , Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook difappointment on the public wheels , With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Moft confident , when palpably mo wrong , If this be kingly ...
... cause , But that they catch at popular applaufe , Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook difappointment on the public wheels , With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Moft confident , when palpably mo wrong , If this be kingly ...
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... cause . Thus proud prerogative , not much rever'd , Is feldom felt , though fometimes feen and heard ; - And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to ftrut , look big , and talk away .. Born in a climate fofter far than our's ...
... cause . Thus proud prerogative , not much rever'd , Is feldom felt , though fometimes feen and heard ; - And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to ftrut , look big , and talk away .. Born in a climate fofter far than our's ...
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... cause mankind can have at ftake ,. Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A bleffing , freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty the pris'ner's pleafing dream , The poet's mufe , his paffion and his theme , Genius is thine , and ...
... cause mankind can have at ftake ,. Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A bleffing , freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty the pris'ner's pleafing dream , The poet's mufe , his paffion and his theme , Genius is thine , and ...
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... cause I grant An English Poet's privilege to rant , But is not freedom , at least is not our's Too apt to play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'erleaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed ...
... cause I grant An English Poet's privilege to rant , But is not freedom , at least is not our's Too apt to play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'erleaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 234 - 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. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 234 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 261 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Página 183 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Página 250 - Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the selfsame power divine Taught you.
Página 255 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 129 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Página 166 - Ye powers who rule the tongue, if such there are, And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, — A duel in the form of a debate.
Página 67 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Página 68 - He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers.