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Page 26
The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend ' s
hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort ... suits and sequences ; and sits ,
Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cypher , while her proxy plays .
The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend ' s
hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort ... suits and sequences ; and sits ,
Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cypher , while her proxy plays .
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will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just
proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , in presence of his God ? Or will
he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the di ' mond on his lily hand , And ...
will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just
proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , in presence of his God ? Or will
he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the di ' mond on his lily hand , And ...
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Some have play ' d At hewing mountains into men , and some At building human
wonders mountain - high . Some have amus ' d the dull , sad years of life ( Life
spent in indolence , and therefore sad ) With schemes of monumental fame ; and
...
Some have play ' d At hewing mountains into men , and some At building human
wonders mountain - high . Some have amus ' d the dull , sad years of life ( Life
spent in indolence , and therefore sad ) With schemes of monumental fame ; and
...
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Be it a weakness , it deserves some praise ; We love the play - place of our early
days , The scene is touching , and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight ,
and feels at none . The wall on which we tried our graving skill , The very name ...
Be it a weakness , it deserves some praise ; We love the play - place of our early
days , The scene is touching , and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight ,
and feels at none . The wall on which we tried our graving skill , The very name ...
Page 312
... His skill in coachmanship , or driving chaise , In bilking tavern bills , and
spouting plays ; What shifts he us ' d , detected in a scrapé , How he was flogg ' d
, or had the luck t ' escape ; What sums he lost at play , and how he sold Watch ,
seals ...
... His skill in coachmanship , or driving chaise , In bilking tavern bills , and
spouting plays ; What shifts he us ' d , detected in a scrapé , How he was flogg ' d
, or had the luck t ' escape ; What sums he lost at play , and how he sold Watch ,
seals ...
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Page 274 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us ! ' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 391 - Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear...
Page 66 - 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...
Page 275 - The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west, And .(Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand And worships. Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands.
Page 386 - 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 139 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy.
Page 379 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. I To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 45 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 46 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 246 - The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth. Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
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| Title | Poems, Volume 2 Poems, Joseph Johnson Poems, William Cowper Volume 2 of Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. ; in Two Volumes, Joseph Johnson |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, ... T. Bensley, printer, 1800 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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