BOOK II.—THE TIMEPIECE. OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Might never reach me more ! My ear... Poems ...by William Cowper - 1885 - 334 pagesSnippet view - About this book
| John Galt - English fiction - 1830 - 230 pages
...but for the weakness, as cool, sensible, and collected, as I had ever been in my life. CHAPTER XI. "Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade." • Mv recovery was very slow—the dregs of the fever remained long about me, and it was at one time... | |
| John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1830 - 410 pages
...cannot bribe, whose omniscience no cunning can elude, and whose omnipotence no power can resist. 6. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear... | |
| John Galt - English fiction - 1830 - 320 pages
...but for the weakness, as cool, sensible, and collected, as I had ever been in mv life. CHAPTER XI. " Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade." MY recovery was very slow—the dregs of the fever remained long about me, and it was at one time thought... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 490 pages
...rainbow is streaming, The sign of forgiveness from Heaven to man! LESSON LXXVI. Slavery.—Cowper. 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...unsuccessful or successful war, My soul is sick, with every day's report Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, Of wrong and outrage, with which earth... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1831 - 436 pages
...thy joy, O Sion! an assembly such as earth Saw never; such as heaven stoops down to see. SLAVERY. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and... | |
| William Mathers - Political science - 1831 - 214 pages
...here is priestcraft and aristocracy among tlie heathen. Obierve its uniformity all over the world. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness^ Some boundless contiguity of shade. Wnere ru.naiir of opp ression and decietf Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.... | |
| Elizabeth Holmes - 1832 - 300 pages
...Their pastoral warfare guide them well! ONE PAGE IN MY LIFE RECORDED ON THE 31st OF OCTOBER, 1831. t)! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report, Of wrong and... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...The world's harmonious volume, there to read The transcript of himself. AKEN8IDE. 4.—.oN SLAVERY. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1832 - 674 pages
...\n\xfowK \% %vt«we&wv° The sign of forgiveness from ba«t \o \nwn\ LESSON LXXVI. Slavery.—Cowpeb. 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, witli every day's report Of wrong and... | |
| Robert Vaughan - Christian life - 1832 - 450 pages
...impression of such things that led the humane, the devout, the high-born soul of Cowper to exclaim, O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrung and... | |
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