The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...Little, Brown, 1859 |
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... worth And well tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine ...
... worth And well tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine ...
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... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest ! If solitude make scant the means of ...
... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest ! If solitude make scant the means of ...
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... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name , Good health , and , its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of ...
... worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name , Good health , and , its associate in the most , Good temper ; spirits prompt to undertake , And not soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of ...
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... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome ...
... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome ...
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... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who ...
... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who ...
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Page 97 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Page 34 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 152 - There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. 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.
Page 38 - And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Did not his eye rule all things, and intend The least of our concerns (since from the least The greatest oft originate); could chance Find place in his dominion, or dispose One lawless particle to thwart his plan ; Then God might be surprised, and unforeseen Contingence might alarm him, and disturb The smooth and equal course of his affairs.
Page 46 - 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...
Page 189 - Kneels with the native of the farthest West, And ^Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships. Her report has travelled forth Into all lands.
Page 247 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt.
Page 40 - Suspend th' effect, or heal it? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will? Go, dress thine eyes with eyesalve; ask of him, Or ask of whomsoever he has taught, And learn, though late, the genuine cause of all.
Page 252 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away ! ' The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same.
Page 151 - Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times...