Miscellaneous poems. Olney hymns. Anti-Thelyphthora. Table talk and other poems. Translations from Vincent BourneBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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... wrote . 1752 . Delia , the unkindest girl on earth • This evening , Delia , you and I • · Written in a Quarrel ( the delivery of it prevented by a reconciliation ) • 11 • 11 12 15 17 18 19 20 The Symptoms of Love . See where the Thames How.
... wrote . 1752 . Delia , the unkindest girl on earth • This evening , Delia , you and I • · Written in a Quarrel ( the delivery of it prevented by a reconciliation ) • 11 • 11 12 15 17 18 19 20 The Symptoms of Love . See where the Thames How.
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... earth Virtues like these derive their birth ? Deriv'd from Heaven alone , Full on that favour'd breast they shine , Where faith and resignation join To call the blessing down . Such is that heart ; -but while the Muse Thy theme , O ...
... earth Virtues like these derive their birth ? Deriv'd from Heaven alone , Full on that favour'd breast they shine , Where faith and resignation join To call the blessing down . Such is that heart ; -but while the Muse Thy theme , O ...
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... earth the god of day Obliquely sheds his temper'd ray , Through convex orbs the beams transmit , The beams that gently warm'd before , Collected , gently warm no more , But glow with more prevailing heat . A SONG . On the green margin ...
... earth the god of day Obliquely sheds his temper'd ray , Through convex orbs the beams transmit , The beams that gently warm'd before , Collected , gently warm no more , But glow with more prevailing heat . A SONG . On the green margin ...
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... the truth , And have preserved my little share In everlasting youth . At the same place . THIS evening , Delia , 18 COWPER'S POEMS . Lovest thou An Apology for not showing her what I had wrote 1752 Delia, the unkindest girl on earth.
... the truth , And have preserved my little share In everlasting youth . At the same place . THIS evening , Delia , 18 COWPER'S POEMS . Lovest thou An Apology for not showing her what I had wrote 1752 Delia, the unkindest girl on earth.
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... earth an even surface wears ; When lo ! the force of some resistless weight Bears me straight down from that pernicious height ; Parting , in vain our struggling arms we close ; Abhorred forms , dire phantoms interpose ; With trembling ...
... earth an even surface wears ; When lo ! the force of some resistless weight Bears me straight down from that pernicious height ; Parting , in vain our struggling arms we close ; Abhorred forms , dire phantoms interpose ; With trembling ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd blessing blest bliss boast bosom breast breath Canusium charms Cowper dear Delia delight despair divine dream earth eternal eyes face fair faith fancy fear feel fire flame fools form'd frown Gittite give glory grace hand happy hast hate hear heart Heaven heavenly hope hour Israel JEHOVAH-JIREH JEHOVAH-SHALOM JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH Jesus land light live Lord lyre mankind mercy mercy seat mind Muse never nymph o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain Paradise Lost peace pity pleasure praise prayer pride prove rest sacred Saviour scene scorn seem'd shine sigh sight Sinuessa skies smile song sorrow soul sound Stamp'd Strange matters stream sweet sweet oblivion tears thee theme thine thou art thought thousand throne toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue Whate'er where'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom word wretch youth
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Page 313 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
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Page 341 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt.
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Page 165 - Oh, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile, From ostentation as from weakness free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star. Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE AND LIVE.
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