Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 pages |
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... proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . black breeches were not ; fatin smooth , As yet VOL . II . * See vol . i . Or ...
... proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . black breeches were not ; fatin smooth , As yet VOL . II . * See vol . i . Or ...
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... he has done . The fummit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries imprefs'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels BOOK I. IS THE SOF A.
... he has done . The fummit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries imprefs'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels BOOK I. IS THE SOF A.
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... proud disdain , Frowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns More fixt below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures elfe are bound , Binds ...
... proud disdain , Frowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm ftability to what he fcorns More fixt below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures elfe are bound , Binds ...
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... the scenes fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , felf - imprison'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , 22 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... the scenes fhe draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , felf - imprison'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , 22 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome few'r , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In grofs and ...
... proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome few'r , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on moft minds Begets its likeness . Rank abundance breeds In grofs and ...
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Page 343 - 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. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Page 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Page 139 - 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 275 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Page 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. 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.
Page 65 - 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.
Page 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Page 46 - 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 47 - 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 219 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —