The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... shore , Now gently skim the unwrinkled waters o'er , There dips her downy plumes , thence upward flies , And sheds soft slumbers on her votary's eyes . IN A LETTER TO THE SAME . IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE . TRUST me the meed of praise ...
... shore , Now gently skim the unwrinkled waters o'er , There dips her downy plumes , thence upward flies , And sheds soft slumbers on her votary's eyes . IN A LETTER TO THE SAME . IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE . TRUST me the meed of praise ...
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... shore to gain , Secure of life , if he survive The fury of the main . But there , to famine doom'd a prey , Finds the mistaken wretch He but escaped the troubled sea , To perish on the beach . Since then in vain we strive to guard Our ...
... shore to gain , Secure of life , if he survive The fury of the main . But there , to famine doom'd a prey , Finds the mistaken wretch He but escaped the troubled sea , To perish on the beach . Since then in vain we strive to guard Our ...
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... day beam , Divides the vale below ; While like a vein of liquid ore His waves enrich the happy shore , Still shining as they flow . S. C. - 5 . Nor yet , my Delia , to the main Runs SYMPTOMS OF LOVE . 17 Page The House of Prayer.
... day beam , Divides the vale below ; While like a vein of liquid ore His waves enrich the happy shore , Still shining as they flow . S. C. - 5 . Nor yet , my Delia , to the main Runs SYMPTOMS OF LOVE . 17 Page The House of Prayer.
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... shore , Back to the inclement deep , again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to pursue 22 COWPER'S POEMS . Prayer for a Blessing.
... shore , Back to the inclement deep , again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to pursue 22 COWPER'S POEMS . Prayer for a Blessing.
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... shore ! I tell you we'll admit no more ! Plague ! will you never be content ? " Thus a whole hour at least is spent , While they receive the several fares , And kick the mule into his gears . Happy , these difficulties past , Could we ...
... shore ! I tell you we'll admit no more ! Plague ! will you never be content ? " Thus a whole hour at least is spent , While they receive the several fares , And kick the mule into his gears . Happy , these difficulties past , Could we ...
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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...