The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1830 |
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... ing under the bitterest of all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel therefore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular instance of it . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . ARGUMENT .
... ing under the bitterest of all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel therefore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular instance of it . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . ARGUMENT .
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... Truth , Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud ...
... Truth , Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud ...
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... truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint ...
... truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint ...
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... Truth , And centring all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms , And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced . God made the country , and man made the town . What wonder ...
... Truth , And centring all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms , And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced . God made the country , and man made the town . What wonder ...
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... truth Philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Or disregards , or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
... truth Philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Or disregards , or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms creatures death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy farewell flight fear feed feel fieldfare flowers folly form'd fruit grace grave hand happy happy prisoners hast heard heart Heaven high raised honour hope infant sorrows John Throckmorton labour learn'd less life's live lyre mind mischief mounted best muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never numbers o'er once pass'd peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize proud prove rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd sensual world shade shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste taste Of evils thee theme thine thou art thought toil truth vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER winds winter wisdom wise wisely store wonder worth youth
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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.