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... the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state 21 TABLE TALK .
... the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state 21 TABLE TALK .
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... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the ...
... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the ...
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... hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of ...
... hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of ...
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... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observ'd aright , When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observ'd aright , When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their answer to ...
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... hear The precious stream still purling in his ear , Lip - deep in what he longs for , and yet curs'd With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler ! -destitute of shame and sense , The precept that enjoins him abstinence ...
... hear The precious stream still purling in his ear , Lip - deep in what he longs for , and yet curs'd With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler ! -destitute of shame and sense , The precept that enjoins him abstinence ...
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Æsop beauty beneath bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms delight design'd divine docet dread dream earth ease eyes fair fancy fear feel flowers flowers of Eden folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind mounted best muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once palæstra peace perhaps pity pleas'd pleasure poet poet's praise pride proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound spleen stamp'd stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wisely store worth youth
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Page 420 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, - My Mary ! But well thou play'dst the housewife's part; And all thy threads with magic art, Have wound themselves about this heart, My Mary...
Page 373 - 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 254 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 254 - And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half...
Page 324 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Page 367 - WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief.
Page 304 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 319 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came : for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Page 251 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, Eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace.
Page 258 - Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.