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William Cowper. his spirit was only to emerge by departing from the earth . Writing to Mr. Rose in January 1794 , he says , " I have just ability enough to transcribe , which is all that I can do at present : God knows that I write at ...
William Cowper. his spirit was only to emerge by departing from the earth . Writing to Mr. Rose in January 1794 , he says , " I have just ability enough to transcribe , which is all that I can do at present : God knows that I write at ...
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... earth Virtues like these derive their birth , Deriv'd from Heaven alone , Full on that favour'd breast they shine , Where faith and resignation join To call the blessing down . Such is that heart : --- but while the Muse B 2 VERSES ...
... earth Virtues like these derive their birth , Deriv'd from Heaven alone , Full on that favour'd breast they shine , Where faith and resignation join To call the blessing down . Such is that heart : --- but while the Muse B 2 VERSES ...
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... Earth yawning to the centre should disclose The mansions , the pale mansions of the dead , Loath'd by the Gods , such would the gulph appear , And the ghosts tremble at the sight of day . The monster braying with unusual din Within his ...
... Earth yawning to the centre should disclose The mansions , the pale mansions of the dead , Loath'd by the Gods , such would the gulph appear , And the ghosts tremble at the sight of day . The monster braying with unusual din Within his ...
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... earth a second Eden shows , Where'er the healing water flows : But ah , if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins , Lust , like a lawless headstrong flood , Impregnated with ooze and mud , Descending fast on every ...
... earth a second Eden shows , Where'er the healing water flows : But ah , if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins , Lust , like a lawless headstrong flood , Impregnated with ooze and mud , Descending fast on every ...
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... Earth , Suffer but a transient death From the winter's cruel breath . Zephyr speaks ; serener skies Warm the glebe , and they arise . We , alas ! Earth's haughty kings , We , 74 ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE .
... Earth , Suffer but a transient death From the winter's cruel breath . Zephyr speaks ; serener skies Warm the glebe , and they arise . We , alas ! Earth's haughty kings , We , 74 ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE .
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Page xiii - Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own.
Page 67 - Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Page 237 - And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary ! But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
Page 237 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For, could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary...
Page 244 - Whate'er they gave, should visit more. Nor, cruel as it seem'd, could he Their haste himself condemn, Aware that flight, in such a sea, Alone could rescue them; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh.
Page 236 - T was 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...
Page 236 - Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary!
Page 68 - His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again Full charged with England's thunder; And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone, His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred Shall plough the wave no more.
Page 245 - No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear: And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Page 205 - That we account most durable below ! Change is the diet on which all subsist, Created changeable, and change at last Destroys them.