Miscellaneous poems. Olney hymns. Anti-Thelyphthora. Table talk and other poems. Translations from Vincent BourneBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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... Our blessing , or our bane ? Without thy aid , The generous pangs of pity but distress The human heart , that fain would feel the bliss 28 COWPER'S POEMS . Jesus hasting to suffer All-worshipp'd Gold, thou mighty mystery!
... Our blessing , or our bane ? Without thy aid , The generous pangs of pity but distress The human heart , that fain would feel the bliss 28 COWPER'S POEMS . Jesus hasting to suffer All-worshipp'd Gold, thou mighty mystery!
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... Pity for him perhaps they may express- Pity , that will but heighten his distress . But , wretched rival ! he must sigh to see The sprightlier rays of love directed all to me . And thou , dear antidote of every pain Which fortune can ...
... Pity for him perhaps they may express- Pity , that will but heighten his distress . But , wretched rival ! he must sigh to see The sprightlier rays of love directed all to me . And thou , dear antidote of every pain Which fortune can ...
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... Pity's watery sight . The gentler Virtues too are join'd , In youth immortal warm , The soft relations which combined Give life her every charm . S. C. - 8 . E The Arts come smiling in the close , And lend ADDRESS TO MISS MACARTNEY . 49 ...
... Pity's watery sight . The gentler Virtues too are join'd , In youth immortal warm , The soft relations which combined Give life her every charm . S. C. - 8 . E The Arts come smiling in the close , And lend ADDRESS TO MISS MACARTNEY . 49 ...
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... Pity shall take Virtue's part , Her natural ally , And fashioning my soften'd heart , Prepare it for the sky . " This artless vow may Heaven receive , And fond maid , approve ; you , So may your guiding angel give So Whate'er you wish ...
... Pity shall take Virtue's part , Her natural ally , And fashioning my soften'd heart , Prepare it for the sky . " This artless vow may Heaven receive , And fond maid , approve ; you , So may your guiding angel give So Whate'er you wish ...
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... pity us the less ? Be that far from thee , Lord ! Remember him who once applied , With trembling , for relief ; 66 Lord , I believe , " with tears he cried3 , " Oh , help my unbelief ! " She too , who touch'd thee in the press , And ...
... pity us the less ? Be that far from thee , Lord ! Remember him who once applied , With trembling , for relief ; 66 Lord , I believe , " with tears he cried3 , " Oh , help my unbelief ! " She too , who touch'd thee in the press , And ...
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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.
Page 83 - God, in Israel, sows the seeds Of affliction, pain, and toil ; These spring up and choke the weeds Which would else o'erspread the...
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.
Page 67 - HARK, my soul ! it is the Lord ; "Tis thy Saviour, hear his word ; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, " Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me...
Page 51 - OH ! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, — A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb ! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3...
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.
Page 82 - 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 305 - a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet.
Page 86 - GOD of my life, to Thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 2 Friend of the friendless, and the faint ! Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? Where but with Thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor...
Page 301 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.