Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 pages |
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... much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature shows , Lefs on exterior things than moft fuppofe . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence TABLE TALK . 13.
... much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature shows , Lefs on exterior things than moft fuppofe . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence TABLE TALK . 13.
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... show , That flaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains , beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ...
... show , That flaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains , beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ...
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... show His manly forehead to the fierceft foe ; Glorious in war , but for the fake of peace , His fpirits rifing as his toils increase , Guards well what arts and induftry have won , And freedom claims him for her firft - born fon ...
... show His manly forehead to the fierceft foe ; Glorious in war , but for the fake of peace , His fpirits rifing as his toils increase , Guards well what arts and induftry have won , And freedom claims him for her firft - born fon ...
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... , tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their fhining plumes again . A. Is genius only found in epic lays ? Prove TABLE TALK . 29.
... , tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their fhining plumes again . A. Is genius only found in epic lays ? Prove TABLE TALK . 29.
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... shows , and virtue is the price . Here various motives his ambition raife- Pow'r , pomp , and splendour , and the thirst of praife ; There beauty woos him with expanded arms ; E'en Bacchanalian madnefs has its charms . Nor these alone ...
... shows , and virtue is the price . Here various motives his ambition raife- Pow'r , pomp , and splendour , and the thirst of praife ; There beauty woos him with expanded arms ; E'en Bacchanalian madnefs has its charms . Nor these alone ...
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Page 354 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.
Page 237 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 182 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Page 351 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Page 315 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 168 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his bible was sincere. Assail'd by scandal, and the tongue of strife, His only answer was — a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 352 - My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin...
Page 324 - Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Page 356 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 352 - A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, — Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit : " My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit.