The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the Introduction of His "Private Correspondence.", Volume 7Saunders and Otley, 1835 |
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... the world ! Still stranger much , that , when at length mankind Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth , And could discriminate and argue well On subjects more mysterious , they were yet Babes in 74 B. V. THE TASK .
... the world ! Still stranger much , that , when at length mankind Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth , And could discriminate and argue well On subjects more mysterious , they were yet Babes in 74 B. V. THE TASK .
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... the venerable man A stranger to the manners of the youth , Whose face too was familiar to his view . Their way was on the margin of the land , O'er the green summit of the rocks , whose base I 2 B. VI . 115 THE WINTER WALK AT NOON .
... the venerable man A stranger to the manners of the youth , Whose face too was familiar to his view . Their way was on the margin of the land , O'er the green summit of the rocks , whose base I 2 B. VI . 115 THE WINTER WALK AT NOON .
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... youth Betimes into the mould of heavenly truth , That taught of God they may indeed be wise , Nor ignorantly wandering miss the skies . In early days the conscience has in most A quickness , which in later life is lost : Preserved from ...
... youth Betimes into the mould of heavenly truth , That taught of God they may indeed be wise , Nor ignorantly wandering miss the skies . In early days the conscience has in most A quickness , which in later life is lost : Preserved from ...
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... youth , now bearded and yet pert and raw , Regards with scorn , though once received with awe ; And , warp'd into the labyrinth of lies , That babblers , call'd philosophers , devise , Blasphemes his creed , as founded on a plan Replete ...
... youth , now bearded and yet pert and raw , Regards with scorn , though once received with awe ; And , warp'd into the labyrinth of lies , That babblers , call'd philosophers , devise , Blasphemes his creed , as founded on a plan Replete ...
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... youth Learn from expert inquirers after truth ; Whose only care , might truth presume to speak , Is not to find what they profess to seek . And thus , well tutor'd only while we share A mother's lectures and a nurse's care ; And taught ...
... youth Learn from expert inquirers after truth ; Whose only care , might truth presume to speak , Is not to find what they profess to seek . And thus , well tutor'd only while we share A mother's lectures and a nurse's care ; And taught ...
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Page 38 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th
Page 226 - as loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin, who but he! his fame soon spread around; "He carries weight! He rides a race! "Tis for a thousand pound!
Page 249 - Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage...
Page 351 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And, when his juicy salads fail'd, Sliced carrot pleased him well.
Page 184 - Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes, But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but, — That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight — Eyes should be shut.
Page 225 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out,
Page 223 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin.
Page 180 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 66 - The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
Page 99 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.