The Complete Poetical Works of William CowperH. Frowde, 1905 - 672 pages |
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... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at last , Unless sweet penitence her pow'rs renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time ...
... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at last , Unless sweet penitence her pow'rs renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time ...
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... Nature imparting her satiric gift , Her serious mirth , to Arbuthnot and Swift , With droll sobriety they rais'd a smile At folly's cost , themselves unmov'd the while . 650 That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope 14 TABLE ...
... Nature imparting her satiric gift , Her serious mirth , to Arbuthnot and Swift , With droll sobriety they rais'd a smile At folly's cost , themselves unmov'd the while . 650 That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope 14 TABLE ...
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... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; 760 Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd ...
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; 760 Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd ...
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... folly unsubdu'd behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For persevering chase ...
... folly unsubdu'd behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For persevering chase ...
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... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp'ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; 180 190 200 But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights ...
... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp'ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; 180 190 200 But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights ...
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Page 311 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 433 - 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 344 - It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Page 344 - A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. 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 349 - Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still.
Page 312 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Page 350 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Page 347 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad.
Page 362 - Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade ! The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more.
Page 348 - 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.