Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... beauty , her fertility . She dreads An inftant's paufe , and lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans ...
... beauty , her fertility . She dreads An inftant's paufe , and lives but while fhe moves . Its own revolvency upholds the world . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Elfe noxious : oceans ...
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... beauty , when no cause For fuch immeasurable wo appears , Thefe Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fimiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys ...
... beauty , when no cause For fuch immeasurable wo appears , Thefe Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet fimiles , and bloom lefs tranfient than her own . It is the conftant revolution , ftale And taftelefs , of the fame repeated joys ...
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... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The pow'rs of fculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incifion of her guided steel She ...
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chiffel occupy alone The pow'rs of fculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incifion of her guided steel She ...
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... the earth than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And fhow this queen of cities , that so fair I 38 BOOK I , THE TASK .
... the earth than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her praise . Now mark a spot or two , That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And fhow this queen of cities , that so fair I 38 BOOK I , THE TASK .
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... beauty oft and letter'd worth confume Life in the unproductive fhades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors E 2 BOOK II ...
... beauty oft and letter'd worth confume Life in the unproductive fhades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors E 2 BOOK II ...
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Page 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Page 371 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband 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 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 99 - 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 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Page 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 137 - 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 375 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Page 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; 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 — My Father made them all.
Page 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.