The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2William Pickering, 1830 |
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... secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his ...
... secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his ...
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... secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden ...
... secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden ...
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... secure , Where man , by nature fierce , has laid aside His fierceness , having learnt , though slow to learn , The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants indeed are many ; but supply Is obvious , placed within the easy reach Of ...
... secure , Where man , by nature fierce , has laid aside His fierceness , having learnt , though slow to learn , The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants indeed are many ; but supply Is obvious , placed within the easy reach Of ...
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... secure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , From rickets and distortion , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks close , a Mentor worthy of his charge . Our ...
... secure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , From rickets and distortion , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks close , a Mentor worthy of his charge . Our ...
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... secure To thy straw couch , and slumber unalarm'd ; For I have gain'd thy confidence , have pledged All that is human in me , to protect Thine unsuspecting gratitude and love . If I survive thee , I will dig thy grave ; And , when I ...
... secure To thy straw couch , and slumber unalarm'd ; For I have gain'd thy confidence , have pledged All that is human in me , to protect Thine unsuspecting gratitude and love . If I survive thee , I will dig thy grave ; And , when I ...
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Page 254 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession! but the record fair That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 34 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 255 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift, hast reached the shore 'Where tempests never beat nor billows roar,' And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Page 77 - How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too ! • Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry...
Page 34 - We have no slaves at home : — Then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 256 - 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 pass'd into the skies.
Page 213 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 164 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, (The mere materials with which Wisdom builds) Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud, that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Page 247 - Other Romans shall arise Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then...
Page 98 - 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.