The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 11
... grace , that age would gladly keep ; A tooth , or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That ...
... grace , that age would gladly keep ; A tooth , or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they spare ; The ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot , That mounts the stile with ease , or leaps the fence , That ...
Page 12
... grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which ...
... grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear , Groves , heaths , and smoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful , which ...
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... tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? —like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; THE TIMEPIECE . 43.
... tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? —like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; THE TIMEPIECE . 43.
Page 47
... Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would sit content And humble learners of a Saviour's worth ...
... Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would sit content And humble learners of a Saviour's worth ...
Page 50
... 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 old To sports ...
... 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 old To sports ...
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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