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Page 105
Much yet remains Unsung , and many cares are yet behind , And more laborious
; cares on which depend Their vigour , injured soon , not soon restored . The soil
must be renewed , which often washed Loses its treasure of falubrious falts ...
Much yet remains Unsung , and many cares are yet behind , And more laborious
; cares on which depend Their vigour , injured soon , not soon restored . The soil
must be renewed , which often washed Loses its treasure of falubrious falts ...
Page 111
Now the legitimate and rightful lord Is but a transient guest , newly arrived , And
soon to be supplanted . He that saw His patrimonial timber cast its leaf , Sells the
last scantling , and transfers the price To some shrewd sharper , ere it buds again
...
Now the legitimate and rightful lord Is but a transient guest , newly arrived , And
soon to be supplanted . He that saw His patrimonial timber cast its leaf , Sells the
last scantling , and transfers the price To some shrewd sharper , ere it buds again
...
Page 210
Though winter had been none , had man been true , And earth be punished for
its tenant ' s sake , Yet not in vengeance ; as this siniling sky , So soon
succeeding such an angry night , And these diffolving snows , and this clear
stream ...
Though winter had been none , had man been true , And earth be punished for
its tenant ' s sake , Yet not in vengeance ; as this siniling sky , So soon
succeeding such an angry night , And these diffolving snows , and this clear
stream ...
Page 268
The meek and bashful boy will soon be taught , To be as bold and forward as he
ought ; The rude will scuffle through with ease enough , Great schools suit best
the sturdy and the rough . Ah happy defignation , prudent choice , The event is ...
The meek and bashful boy will soon be taught , To be as bold and forward as he
ought ; The rude will scuffle through with ease enough , Great schools suit best
the sturdy and the rough . Ah happy defignation , prudent choice , The event is ...
Page 345
THANKLESS for favours from on high , Man thinks he fades too soon ; Though '
tis his privilege to die , Would he improve the boon . But he , not wise enough to
scan His best concerns aright , Would gladly stretch life ' s little span To ages , if ...
THANKLESS for favours from on high , Man thinks he fades too soon ; Though '
tis his privilege to die , Would he improve the boon . But he , not wise enough to
scan His best concerns aright , Would gladly stretch life ' s little span To ages , if ...
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Page 317 - Wouldst softly speak and stroke my head and smile — Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart : the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Page 197 - The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Page 119 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 220 - 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.
Page 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Page 228 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Page 121 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 354 - Puss was tamed by gentle usage; Tiney was not to be tamed at all ; and Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols...
Page 328 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Page 185 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems, Volume 2 of Poems, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1803 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 363 pages |
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