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Page 105
... breath of Heaven fresh blowing, pure and sweet, With day-spring born ; here
leave me to respire. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea-
idol, and forbid Laborious works ; unwillingly this rest Their superstition yields me
.
... breath of Heaven fresh blowing, pure and sweet, With day-spring born ; here
leave me to respire. This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea-
idol, and forbid Laborious works ; unwillingly this rest Their superstition yields me
.
Page 120
... when, mustering all her wiles, With blandish'd parlies, feminine assaults,
Tongue-batteries, she surceas'd not, day nor night, To storm me over-watch'd,
and wearied out, At times when men seek most repose and rest, I yielded, and
unlock'd ...
... when, mustering all her wiles, With blandish'd parlies, feminine assaults,
Tongue-batteries, she surceas'd not, day nor night, To storm me over-watch'd,
and wearied out, At times when men seek most repose and rest, I yielded, and
unlock'd ...
Page 190
Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures^ Whilst the landskip round it
measures ; Russet laws, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray,
Mountains, on whose barren breast, The labouring clouds do often rest;
Meadows trim ...
Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures^ Whilst the landskip round it
measures ; Russet laws, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray,
Mountains, on whose barren breast, The labouring clouds do often rest;
Meadows trim ...
Page 360
... both sun and shield, Gives grace and glory bright ; No good from them shall be
witheld Whose ways are just and right, 12. Lord God of Hosts, that reign' st on
high; That man is truly blest, Who only on thee doth rely, And in thee only rest.
... both sun and shield, Gives grace and glory bright ; No good from them shall be
witheld Whose ways are just and right, 12. Lord God of Hosts, that reign' st on
high; That man is truly blest, Who only on thee doth rely, And in thee only rest.
Page 391
The translator likewise omitted a few of the minuter poems, which he thought not
worthy of ranking with the rest ; a privilege, that the editor has also exerted !
When Cowper was preparing to comment on the Paradise Lost, his bookseller ...
The translator likewise omitted a few of the minuter poems, which he thought not
worthy of ranking with the rest ; a privilege, that the editor has also exerted !
When Cowper was preparing to comment on the Paradise Lost, his bookseller ...
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Page 170 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 134 - The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim Wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 135 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old. Where the great Vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold, — Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth ; And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 140 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 144 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 136 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where, other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 209 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring ; For so the holy sages once did sing, That He our deadly forfeit should release, And with His Father work us a perpetual peace.
Page 140 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 130 - And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill; Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 150 - Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
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| Title | Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper. Ed. by W. Hayley]. Volume 4 of Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper. Ed. by W. Hayley], William Cowper |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editors | William Cowper, William Hayley |
| Publisher | W. Mason, 1810 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
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