Poems, Volume 31815 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page xviii
... less lucrative indeed , but , as he flattered himself , a less irksome office , which was also vacant at that time , namely , the Clerkship of the Journals in the House of Lords . The return of something like composure to the mind of ...
... less lucrative indeed , but , as he flattered himself , a less irksome office , which was also vacant at that time , namely , the Clerkship of the Journals in the House of Lords . The return of something like composure to the mind of ...
Page xix
... less than eight months . Instead , however , of revisiting the scenes in which his painful calamity had first occurred , he remained with his amiable physician nearly a twelve- month after he had pronounced his cure ; and that from ...
... less than eight months . Instead , however , of revisiting the scenes in which his painful calamity had first occurred , he remained with his amiable physician nearly a twelve- month after he had pronounced his cure ; and that from ...
Page xxvii
... less exquisitely tender sensibilities , he would have returned to his duties in the Inner Temple : “ Truth is not local , God alike pervades " And fills the world of traffic and the shades , " And may be fear'd amidst the busiest scenes ...
... less exquisitely tender sensibilities , he would have returned to his duties in the Inner Temple : “ Truth is not local , God alike pervades " And fills the world of traffic and the shades , " And may be fear'd amidst the busiest scenes ...
Page xl
... less striking occurrence of that year was the termination of his intercourse with Lady Austen , For a just statement of that sudden event , which , while it by no means low- ered the character of either of the ladies , exceed- ingly ...
... less striking occurrence of that year was the termination of his intercourse with Lady Austen , For a just statement of that sudden event , which , while it by no means low- ered the character of either of the ladies , exceed- ingly ...
Page lxxv
... less pressure of his own sufferings he had hi- therto appeared to notice them , they had yet been perceived by Cowper ; for , as a faithful servant of his dying friend and himself was open- ing the window of his chamber on the morning ...
... less pressure of his own sufferings he had hi- therto appeared to notice them , they had yet been perceived by Cowper ; for , as a faithful servant of his dying friend and himself was open- ing the window of his chamber on the morning ...
Contents
3 | |
23 | |
43 | |
49 | |
55 | |
66 | |
68 | |
75 | |
88 | |
94 | |
100 | |
107 | |
115 | |
121 | |
129 | |
135 | |
143 | |
151 | |
162 | |
245 | |
253 | |
268 | |
278 | |
281 | |
291 | |
292 | |
297 | |
301 | |
314 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ANTISTROPHE bard beneath birds blest boast born bosom breast breath brow call'd Cowper Damon death decantas delight Delos destin'd divine Dryope earth Eartham ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame Faunus fav'rite fears fire flow'rs friendship gentle gold grace groves gulph hand happy Hayley heart Heav'n homeless birds Homer honour honoured land John Throckmorton Jove kind kinsman labour Lady Hesketh lambs length lingua ignota lyre Mary mind Muse ne'er never night num'rous numbers nymphs o'er once Phoebus poem Poet pow'r praise prove quæ Qualia Quam quod rest rose scarce scene seek your home shade shine shore sight sing skies smile smiling queen song soon spirits spring sweet tears thee theme thine thou hast thoughts are due Thrace THRACIAN tibi treasure Twas Unwin verse VINCENT BOURNE voice WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wish worth youth
Popular passages
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.