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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... plays upon its face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now ftrikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . THE FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON , ST . PAUL'S CHURCH - YARD . BODL AN 24-10-1905 ARY PREFACE то ...
... plays upon its face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now ftrikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . THE FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON , ST . PAUL'S CHURCH - YARD . BODL AN 24-10-1905 ARY PREFACE то ...
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... play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping ev'ry mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you fell or flay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden ...
... play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping ev'ry mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you fell or flay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden ...
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... , But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with fyllables , and sport in fong . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To fet a diftich upon fix and five , Where difcipline helps op'ning buds of fenfe , And makes 26 TABLE TALK.
... , But no prophetic fires to me belong ; I play with fyllables , and sport in fong . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To fet a diftich upon fix and five , Where difcipline helps op'ning buds of fenfe , And makes 26 TABLE TALK.
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... dally much with subjects mean and low Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it fo . Neglected talents ruft into decay , And ev'ry effort ends in push - pin play . The man that means fuccefs fhould foar above A foldier's 28 TABLE TALK .
... dally much with subjects mean and low Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it fo . Neglected talents ruft into decay , And ev'ry effort ends in push - pin play . The man that means fuccefs fhould foar above A foldier's 28 TABLE TALK .
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... d into the field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own lafcivious fires , And , dizzy with delight , profan'd the facred wires . Anacreon , Horace , play'd in Greece and Rome This TABLE TALK . 31.
... d into the field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own lafcivious fires , And , dizzy with delight , profan'd the facred wires . Anacreon , Horace , play'd in Greece and Rome This TABLE TALK . 31.
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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.