The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 12
... hast doubled long . Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken ...
... hast doubled long . Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken ...
Page 26
... hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and And homestall thatch'd with leaves . thou found yams , But hast Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
... hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and And homestall thatch'd with leaves . thou found yams , But hast Their former charms ? And , having seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens ...
Page 82
... hast many righteous . - Well for thee— That salt preserves thee ; more corrupted else , And therefore more obnoxious , at this hour , Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard his Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK ...
... hast many righteous . - Well for thee— That salt preserves thee ; more corrupted else , And therefore more obnoxious , at this hour , Than Sodom in her day had power to be , For whom God heard his Abraham plead in vain . THE TASK . BOOK ...
Page 94
... hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat , Such claim compassion in a night like this , And have a ...
... hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat , Such claim compassion in a night like this , And have a ...
Page 122
... hast need of discipline and art To give thee what politer France receives From Nature's bounty - that humane address And sweetness , without which no pleasure is In converse , either starved by cold reserve , Or flush'd with fierce ...
... hast need of discipline and art To give thee what politer France receives From Nature's bounty - that humane address And sweetness , without which no pleasure is In converse , either starved by cold reserve , Or flush'd with fierce ...
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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