The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... sense of filial duty , would not consent to unite herself to her cousin without the approbation of her father , the happiness they had promised to themselves was altogether prevented . But , though frustrated in their wishes , they did ...
... sense of filial duty , would not consent to unite herself to her cousin without the approbation of her father , the happiness they had promised to themselves was altogether prevented . But , though frustrated in their wishes , they did ...
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... sense , With most persuasive eloquence , Convince me that obedience due None may so justly claim as you , By right of beauty you would be Mistress o'er my heart and me . Then fear not I should e'er rebel , My gentle love ! I might as ...
... sense , With most persuasive eloquence , Convince me that obedience due None may so justly claim as you , By right of beauty you would be Mistress o'er my heart and me . Then fear not I should e'er rebel , My gentle love ! I might as ...
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... sense : The fierce banditti which I mean , Are gloomy thoughts led on by Spleen . Then there's another reason yet , Which is , that I may fairly quit The debt which justly became due The moment when I heard from you : And you might ...
... sense : The fierce banditti which I mean , Are gloomy thoughts led on by Spleen . Then there's another reason yet , Which is , that I may fairly quit The debt which justly became due The moment when I heard from you : And you might ...
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... sense agrees ; All men of common sense allow , That Robert's lines are easy too ; Where then the preference shall we place , Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd and refined the meanest ...
... sense agrees ; All men of common sense allow , That Robert's lines are easy too ; Where then the preference shall we place , Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd and refined the meanest ...
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... sense , And others want of spirit , ( So blest a thing is impudence , ) While others could not bear it . But some a different notion had , And at each other winking , Observed , that though he little said , He paid it off with thinking ...
... sense , And others want of spirit , ( So blest a thing is impudence , ) While others could not bear it . But some a different notion had , And at each other winking , Observed , that though he little said , He paid it off with thinking ...
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Page 241 - 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 60 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, — They rise, but never set.
Page 264 - Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name, Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 251 - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent— Did you admire my lamp...
Page 136 - Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true A. truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies.
Page 40 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 256 - Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up, — your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds ; — that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Page 58 - Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind ; Such ever bring Thee where they come, And going, take Thee to their home.
Page 241 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 38 - 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...