The Works of William Cowper, Volume 5W. Tegg, 1854 - Poets, English |
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... o'er , There dips her downy plumes , thence upward flies , And sheds soft slumbers on her votary's eyes . IN A LETTER TO THE SAME . IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE . TRUST me the meed of praise , dealt thriftily From the nice scale of ...
... o'er , There dips her downy plumes , thence upward flies , And sheds soft slumbers on her votary's eyes . IN A LETTER TO THE SAME . IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE . TRUST me the meed of praise , dealt thriftily From the nice scale of ...
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... o'er my heart and me . Then fear not I should e'er rebel , My gentle love ! I might as well A forward peevishness put on , And quarrel with the mid - day sun ; Or question who gave him a right To be so fiery and so bright . Nay , this ...
... o'er my heart and me . Then fear not I should e'er rebel , My gentle love ! I might as well A forward peevishness put on , And quarrel with the mid - day sun ; Or question who gave him a right To be so fiery and so bright . Nay , this ...
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... O'er hedge and ditch , through gaps and mews , And after many a vain essay To captivate the tempting prey , Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But ah ! ' tis ...
... O'er hedge and ditch , through gaps and mews , And after many a vain essay To captivate the tempting prey , Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But ah ! ' tis ...
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... o'er the stubble each day with my gun , Never ready to shoot till the covey is flown . Let her think what odd whimsies I have in my brain , When I read one page over and over again , And discover at last that I read it in vain . Let her ...
... o'er the stubble each day with my gun , Never ready to shoot till the covey is flown . Let her think what odd whimsies I have in my brain , When I read one page over and over again , And discover at last that I read it in vain . Let her ...
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... my fate with Delia to retire ; With her to wander through the sylvan shade , Each morn , or o'er the moss - imbrowned turf , Where , bless'd as the prime parents of mankind In R. S. S. 223 All-worshipp'd Gold, thou mighty mystery!
... my fate with Delia to retire ; With her to wander through the sylvan shade , Each morn , or o'er the moss - imbrowned turf , Where , bless'd as the prime parents of mankind In R. S. S. 223 All-worshipp'd Gold, thou mighty mystery!
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ANTISTROPHE beams beneath bids bless'd blessing blest bliss boast Boötes bosom breast breath brow Cacus CALLIMACHUS charms cheer Cowper dark dear deep Delia delight divine dwell earth eternal eyes fair faith Faunus fear feel fill'd fire flame form'd frown give glory grace grove hand happy hear heart heaven heavenly hope hour Israel JAMES CROFT JEHOVAH-SHALOM JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH Latian light live Lord lyre mercy mercy seat mind Muse never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain Pallas peace Phoebus pity pleasure Poems praise prayer pride prove reign rest sacred Saviour scene scorn seek shades shine shore sigh sight Sinuessa skies smile song sorrow soul sound stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought Thracian tongue trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue Whate'er where'er WILLIAM COWPER word youth
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Page 56 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, — They rise, but never set.
Page 59 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 232 - Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ; Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 243 - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, 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 off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent— Did you admire my lamp...
Page 45 - Dear, dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 246 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Page 48 - Mine is an unchanging love, higher than the heights above, deeper than the depths beneath, free and faithful, strong as death. 5 'Thou shalt see my glory soon, when the work of grace is done; partner of my throne shalt be: say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?
Page 248 - And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up, — your brains begin to swim, "Tis in the clouds ; — that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Page 60 - God, in Israel, sows the seeds Of affliction, pain, and toil ; These spring up and choke the weeds Which would else o'erspread the soil...
Page 54 - Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind ; Such ever bring Thee where they come, And going, take Thee to their home.