The Poetical Works of William CowperMacMillan, 1908 - 536 pages |
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... thee I call Grace , triumphant in the throne Gracious Lord , our children see Grant me the Muse , ye gods ! whose humble flight . Hence , my epistle - skim the deep - fly o'er Here Johnson lies , a sage by all allowed Here lies one who ...
... thee I call Grace , triumphant in the throne Gracious Lord , our children see Grant me the Muse , ye gods ! whose humble flight . Hence , my epistle - skim the deep - fly o'er Here Johnson lies , a sage by all allowed Here lies one who ...
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... thee I call 35 Grace , triumphant in the throne 42 Forced from home and all its pleasures Fortune ! I thank thee : gentle Goddess , thanks From right to left , and to and fro . From thorny wilds a monster came . Full thirty frosts since ...
... thee I call 35 Grace , triumphant in the throne 42 Forced from home and all its pleasures Fortune ! I thank thee : gentle Goddess , thanks From right to left , and to and fro . From thorny wilds a monster came . Full thirty frosts since ...
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... thee rich ! -I deem thee They mock my toil - the nymphs and 497 poor 503 amorous swains 467 Think , Delia , with what cruel haste . 7 This cap , that so stately appears This cabin , Mary , in my sight appears 390 When , long sequestered ...
... thee rich ! -I deem thee They mock my toil - the nymphs and 497 poor 503 amorous swains 467 Think , Delia , with what cruel haste . 7 This cap , that so stately appears This cabin , Mary , in my sight appears 390 When , long sequestered ...
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... thee : gentle Goddess , thanks ! Not that my Muse , though bashful , shall deny She would have thanked thee rather hadst thou cast A treasure in her way ; for neither meed Of early breakfast , to dispel the fumes And bowel - raking ...
... thee : gentle Goddess , thanks ! Not that my Muse , though bashful , shall deny She would have thanked thee rather hadst thou cast A treasure in her way ; for neither meed Of early breakfast , to dispel the fumes And bowel - raking ...
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... thee before . Thus while I share her smiles with thee , Welcome , my love , shall ever be The favours she bestows ; Yet not on those I found my bliss , But in the noble ecstasies The faithful bosom knows . And when she prunes her wings ...
... thee before . Thus while I share her smiles with thee , Welcome , my love , shall ever be The favours she bestows ; Yet not on those I found my bliss , But in the noble ecstasies The faithful bosom knows . And when she prunes her wings ...
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beauty beneath blank verse blessing boast breast breath charms Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth Eartham ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart heaven Homer honour hope hour John Gilpin John Newton John Throckmorton labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letters light live Lord lyre Martin Madan mercy mind Muse nature never Newton night Nonsense Club numbers nymphs o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure poem poet Polygamy praise prayer prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Underwood William Cowper wind wisdom wonder worth youth
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Page 212 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Page 315 - 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 39 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 314 - And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Page 30 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 176 - Had cheered 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, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — .
Page 282 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Page 273 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd sO much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Page 170 - 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 283 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.