The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2W. 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 97 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
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 33 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
Page 13 - Nor less attractive is the woodland scene, Diversified with trees of every growth, Alike yet various. Here the grey smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs.
Page 254 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile...
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 163 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Page 100 - The manners, customs, policy of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Page 299 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins...
Page 8 - The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tow'r, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.