The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... THOUGHTS , REFLECTIONS , and CRITICISMS of the late JOHN FOSTER . Selected from periodical papers not hitherto published in a collective form , and edited by HENRY G. BOHN . ( Nearly 600 pages . ) _ 5s . 135. LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN ...
... THOUGHTS , REFLECTIONS , and CRITICISMS of the late JOHN FOSTER . Selected from periodical papers not hitherto published in a collective form , and edited by HENRY G. BOHN . ( Nearly 600 pages . ) _ 5s . 135. LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN ...
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... thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name in the title page , is so pleasing and flattering . to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk some- thing for the gratification . This Preface is not ...
... thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name in the title page , is so pleasing and flattering . to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk some- thing for the gratification . This Preface is not ...
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... tears on Sion's Hill we thought , And sigh'd our hours away ; Neglected on the willows hung Our useless harps , while every tongue Bewail'd the fatal day . Then did the base insulting foe Some joyous notes demand 4 COWPER'S POEMS .
... tears on Sion's Hill we thought , And sigh'd our hours away ; Neglected on the willows hung Our useless harps , while every tongue Bewail'd the fatal day . Then did the base insulting foe Some joyous notes demand 4 COWPER'S POEMS .
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... thought - since all agree- A thought I have it - let me see- ' Tis gone again - plague on't ! I thought I had it but I have it not . Dame Gurton thus and Hodge her son That useful thing , her needle , gone , Rake well the cinders ...
... thought - since all agree- A thought I have it - let me see- ' Tis gone again - plague on't ! I thought I had it but I have it not . Dame Gurton thus and Hodge her son That useful thing , her needle , gone , Rake well the cinders ...
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... , or tried to say , A witty thing or so . He eyed the women , and made free To comment on their shapes ; So that there was , or seem'd to be , No fear of a relapse . The women said , who thought him rough , But OF HIMSELF . 13.
... , or tried to say , A witty thing or so . He eyed the women , and made free To comment on their shapes ; So that there was , or seem'd to be , No fear of a relapse . The women said , who thought him rough , But OF HIMSELF . 13.
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Page 241 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 60 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, — They rise, but never set.
Page 264 - Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name, Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 251 - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent— Did you admire my lamp...
Page 136 - Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true A. truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Page 40 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 256 - Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up, — your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds ; — that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Page 58 - Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind ; Such ever bring Thee where they come, And going, take Thee to their home.
Page 241 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 38 - OH ! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, — A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb ! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3...