Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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Page 79
... flowers , groves filled with sprightly The yellow tilth , green meads , rocks , rising grounds , Streams edged with osiers , fattening every field Where'er they flow , now seen and now concealed ; From the blue rim where skies , and ...
... flowers , groves filled with sprightly The yellow tilth , green meads , rocks , rising grounds , Streams edged with osiers , fattening every field Where'er they flow , now seen and now concealed ; From the blue rim where skies , and ...
Page 81
... flower ; Designed in honour of his endless love , To fill with fragrance his abode above ; No trifle , howsoever short it seem , And , howsoever shadowy , no dream ; Its value , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's ...
... flower ; Designed in honour of his endless love , To fill with fragrance his abode above ; No trifle , howsoever short it seem , And , howsoever shadowy , no dream ; Its value , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's ...
Page 86
... flowers Sweet scent , or lovely form , or both combined , Distinguish every cultivated kind ; 1 The want of both denotes a meaner breed , And Chloe from her garland picks the weed . Thus lopes of every sort , whatever sect Esteem them ...
... flowers Sweet scent , or lovely form , or both combined , Distinguish every cultivated kind ; 1 The want of both denotes a meaner breed , And Chloe from her garland picks the weed . Thus lopes of every sort , whatever sect Esteem them ...
Page 91
... night ; Soft airs and genial moisture feed and cheer Field , fruit , and flower , and every creature here ; The Moravian missionaries in Greenland . Vide Krantz . But brighter beams , than his who fires the skies HOPE . 91.
... night ; Soft airs and genial moisture feed and cheer Field , fruit , and flower , and every creature here ; The Moravian missionaries in Greenland . Vide Krantz . But brighter beams , than his who fires the skies HOPE . 91.
Page 99
... flowers to suit a fickle taste : But while they speak the wisdom of the skies , Which art can only darken and disguise , Th ' abundant harvest , recompense divine , Repays their work --- the gleaning only mine . CHARITY . Qua nihil ...
... flowers to suit a fickle taste : But while they speak the wisdom of the skies , Which art can only darken and disguise , Th ' abundant harvest , recompense divine , Repays their work --- the gleaning only mine . CHARITY . Qua nihil ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth