The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country : with a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of ThomsonLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851 - 537 pages |
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... Task , Sept. 11 261 129 To the same . His love of home ; styles of Robertson and Gibbon , 130 To the Rev. W. Bull , 131 To the Rev. W. Unwin . On ballads ; anecdote of his goldfinch , June 19 234 July 27 ib . Aug. 3 235 171 To J. Hill ...
... Task , Sept. 11 261 129 To the same . His love of home ; styles of Robertson and Gibbon , 130 To the Rev. W. Bull , 131 To the Rev. W. Unwin . On ballads ; anecdote of his goldfinch , June 19 234 July 27 ib . Aug. 3 235 171 To J. Hill ...
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... Task ; state of his nerves , May 25 294 220 To the same . Beauties of the spring ; his spirits less depressed , 221 To the same . His feelings on her expected arrival ; Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton , 259 To S. Rose , Esq . On his Homer ...
... Task ; state of his nerves , May 25 294 220 To the same . Beauties of the spring ; his spirits less depressed , 221 To the same . His feelings on her expected arrival ; Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton , 259 To S. Rose , Esq . On his Homer ...
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... Task . The latter admirable poem chiefly occupi- Disappointed at the reception of this laborious ed his second volume , which was published in work , he meditated a revision of it , as also the su- 1785 , and rapidly secured universal ...
... Task . The latter admirable poem chiefly occupi- Disappointed at the reception of this laborious ed his second volume , which was published in work , he meditated a revision of it , as also the su- 1785 , and rapidly secured universal ...
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... task ; Let active laws apply the needful curb , To guard the peace that Riot would disturb ; And Liberty , preserved from wild excess , Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress . When Tumult lately burst his prison - door , And set ...
... task ; Let active laws apply the needful curb , To guard the peace that Riot would disturb ; And Liberty , preserved from wild excess , Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress . When Tumult lately burst his prison - door , And set ...
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... task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask ; Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread , Such as , when legible , were never read , But , being cankered now and half worn out , Craze antiquarian brains with endless doubt ...
... task , To tell them more than they have wit to ask ; Points to inscriptions wheresoe'er they tread , Such as , when legible , were never read , But , being cankered now and half worn out , Craze antiquarian brains with endless doubt ...
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Ęsop Beau marked beauty beneath better blessing boast cause charms Christian COWPER dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair faith fancy favour fear feel flowers folly give glory grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope hour human Huntingdon John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour LADY least less live Lord lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never numbers nymph o'er Olney once pain peace perhaps pleased pleasure poet poor praise prove reason rest scene scorn Scripture seems shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sure sweet taste thee theme thine thing thou thought toil true truth Twas verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM UNWIN wind wisdom wish wonder worth youth
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Page 61 - 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 123 - Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul!) Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Page 130 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 90 - Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. 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.
Page 150 - But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
Page 94 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 87 - 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 110 - 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 44 - Of blackening pines, aye waving to and fro, Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood ; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
Page 131 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.