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... less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all ...
... less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all ...
Page 41
... less Than by the labour and the skill it cost ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleasing , and that steal away the thought With such address from themes of sad import , That , lost in his own musings , happy man THE TIME - PIECE . 41.
... less Than by the labour and the skill it cost ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleasing , and that steal away the thought With such address from themes of sad import , That , lost in his own musings , happy man THE TIME - PIECE . 41.
Page 53
... less ? ) Make just reprisals ; and with cringe , and shrug , And bow obsequious , hide their hate of her . All catch the frenzy , downward from her grace , Whose flambeaux flash against the morning skies , And gild our chamber ceilings ...
... less ? ) Make just reprisals ; and with cringe , and shrug , And bow obsequious , hide their hate of her . All catch the frenzy , downward from her grace , Whose flambeaux flash against the morning skies , And gild our chamber ceilings ...
Page 63
... less , Than to release th ' adultress from her bond . Th ' adultress ! what a theme for angry verse ! What provocation to th ' indignant heart , That feels for injur'd love ! but I disdain The nauseous task , to paint her as she is ...
... less , Than to release th ' adultress from her bond . Th ' adultress ! what a theme for angry verse ! What provocation to th ' indignant heart , That feels for injur'd love ! but I disdain The nauseous task , to paint her as she is ...
Page 75
... Less ostentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The rest , no portion left That may disgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation , he disposes neat At measur'd distances , that air and sun , Admitted freely , may ...
... Less ostentatious , and yet studded thick With hopeful gems . The rest , no portion left That may disgrace his art , or disappoint Large expectation , he disposes neat At measur'd distances , that air and sun , Admitted freely , may ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd FOUNDATIONE fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human INNER TEMPLE JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once palmistry peace perhaps PICCADILLY plac'd pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Page 32 - 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 143 - 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 154 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Page 159 - The Lord of all, Himself through all diffused, Sustains and is the' life of all that lives. Nature iS but a name for an effect Whose cause is God.
Page 10 - Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Page 10 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Page 45 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave...
Page 145 - Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Brutes graze the mountain-top, with faces prone, And eyes intent upon the scanty herb It yields them ; or, recumbent on its brow, Ruminate heedless of the scene outspread Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away From inland regions to the distant main.
Page 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.