Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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Page 21
... vapid foul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the reft he loves . Not fuch th ' alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , c 3 BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
... vapid foul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the reft he loves . Not fuch th ' alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , c 3 BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
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... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and fickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More diftant , and that prophecy demands A longer refpite ...
... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and fickly eye To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More diftant , and that prophecy demands A longer refpite ...
Page 98
... rest are fober dreamers , grave and wife , And pregnant with difcov'ries new and rare . " Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
... rest are fober dreamers , grave and wife , And pregnant with difcov'ries new and rare . " Some write a narrative of wars , and feats Of heroes little known ; and call the rant An history : describe the man , of whom His own coevals took ...
Page 141
... rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confufion ; roses for the cheeks , And lilies for the brows of faded age , Teeth for the toothlefs , ringlets for the bald , Heav'n , earth , and ocean , plunder'd of their sweets ...
... rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confufion ; roses for the cheeks , And lilies for the brows of faded age , Teeth for the toothlefs , ringlets for the bald , Heav'n , earth , and ocean , plunder'd of their sweets ...
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... rest On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity restrains his arm ; When he should ftrike he trembles , and fets free , Himself enflav'd by terror of the band , Th ' M 4 BOOK IV . 167 THE WINTER EVENING .
... rest On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity restrains his arm ; When he should ftrike he trembles , and fets free , Himself enflav'd by terror of the band , Th ' M 4 BOOK IV . 167 THE WINTER EVENING .
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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.