The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 35
... Heaven that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
... Heaven that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
Page 37
... Heavens In tempests ; quits his grasp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming Health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew ...
... Heavens In tempests ; quits his grasp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrify the breath of blooming Health . He calls for famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew ...
Page 42
... Heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! - fast wedged be- tween Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public ...
... Heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! - fast wedged be- tween Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public ...
Page 49
... Heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
... Heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
Page 50
... Heaven's peculiar grace , escape , There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
... Heaven's peculiar grace , escape , There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's light live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise press'd prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth