Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... close , or needle - work fublime . There might ye fee the piony fpread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lap - dog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came ...
... close , or needle - work fublime . There might ye fee the piony fpread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lap - dog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came ...
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... close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through vallies , and by rivers ' brink , E'er fince a truant boy I pafs'd my bounds T'enjoy a ramble on ...
... close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through vallies , and by rivers ' brink , E'er fince a truant boy I pafs'd my bounds T'enjoy a ramble on ...
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... close of all ? But grant her end More diftant , and that prophecy demands A longer refpite , unaccomplish'd yet ; * Alluding to the calamities at Jamaica . August 18 , 1783 . Alluding to the fog that covered both Europe and Afia during ...
... close of all ? But grant her end More diftant , and that prophecy demands A longer refpite , unaccomplish'd yet ; * Alluding to the calamities at Jamaica . August 18 , 1783 . Alluding to the fog that covered both Europe and Afia during ...
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... close the scene !. In man or woman , but far moft in man , And moft of all in man that minifters And ferves the altar , in my foul I loath . 1 All affectation . ' Tis my perfect fcorn ; Object 66 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... close the scene !. In man or woman , but far moft in man , And moft of all in man that minifters And ferves the altar , in my foul I loath . 1 All affectation . ' Tis my perfect fcorn ; Object 66 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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... close , a Mentor worthy of his charge . Our habits , coftlier than Lucullus wore , And by caprice as multiplied as his , Just please us while the fashion is at full , But change with ev'ry moon . The fycophant , Who waits to dress us ...
... close , a Mentor worthy of his charge . Our habits , coftlier than Lucullus wore , And by caprice as multiplied as his , Just please us while the fashion is at full , But change with ev'ry moon . The fycophant , Who waits to dress us ...
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Page 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Page 371 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband 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.
Page 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 99 - 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...
Page 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Page 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 137 - 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.
Page 375 - 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.
Page 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; 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 — My Father made them all.
Page 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.