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Page 39
... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
Page 70
... flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
... flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
Page 79
... flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed use . Not so when winter scowls . Assistant art Then acts in nature's office , brings to pass The glad espousals , and ensures the crop . Grudge not ye ...
... flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed use . Not so when winter scowls . Assistant art Then acts in nature's office , brings to pass The glad espousals , and ensures the crop . Grudge not ye ...
Page 81
... flow'r , Must lend its aid t ' illustrate all their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retir'd , but still Sublime above the rest , the statelier stand ...
... flow'r , Must lend its aid t ' illustrate all their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retir'd , but still Sublime above the rest , the statelier stand ...
Page 95
... flow'r to flow'r , so he from land to land ; The manners , customs , policy , of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in ev'ry clime , And spreads the boney of his deep research At his return a rich repast ...
... flow'r to flow'r , so he from land to land ; The manners , customs , policy , of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in ev'ry clime , And spreads the boney of his deep research At his return a rich repast ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd FOUNDATIONE fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY plac'd pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Page 32 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 143 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Page 159 - The Lord of all, Himself through all diffused, Sustains and is the' life of all that lives. Nature iS but a name for an effect Whose cause is God.
Page 10 - Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Page 10 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Page 45 - 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, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave...
Page 145 - Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Brutes graze the mountain-top, with faces prone, And eyes intent upon the scanty herb It yields them ; or, recumbent on its brow, Ruminate heedless of the scene outspread Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away From inland regions to the distant main.
Page 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.