The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Vain - glorious fool , unknowing what he found , Spurn'd the rich gem thou gavest him . Wherefore , ah ! Why not on me that favour , ( worthier sure , ) Conferr'dst thou , Goddess ? Thou art blind , thou say'st : Enough ! -thy blindness ...
... Vain - glorious fool , unknowing what he found , Spurn'd the rich gem thou gavest him . Wherefore , ah ! Why not on me that favour , ( worthier sure , ) Conferr'dst thou , Goddess ? Thou art blind , thou say'st : Enough ! -thy blindness ...
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... vain Than disobedience to thy reign ; His beams are often too severe ; But thou art mild , as thou art fair ; First from necessity we own your sway , Then scorn our freedom , and by choice obey . A SONG . THE sparkling eye , the ...
... vain Than disobedience to thy reign ; His beams are often too severe ; But thou art mild , as thou art fair ; First from necessity we own your sway , Then scorn our freedom , and by choice obey . A SONG . THE sparkling eye , the ...
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... vain we trifle with our fate , Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For Death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed , Or meets us as we fly ...
... vain we trifle with our fate , Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For Death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed , Or meets us as we fly ...
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... vain essay To captivate the tempting prey , Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But ah ! ' tis lost as soon as found ; Culprit his liberty regains ; Flits out of ...
... vain essay To captivate the tempting prey , Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But ah ! ' tis lost as soon as found ; Culprit his liberty regains ; Flits out of ...
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... vain be shown , Let the dear maid who wrought the change E'er claim him for her own . AN APOLOGY Cutfield , July , 1752 . FOR NOT SHOWING HER WHAT I HAD WROTE . DID not my Muse ( what can she less ? ) Perceive her own unworthiness ...
... vain be shown , Let the dear maid who wrought the change E'er claim him for her own . AN APOLOGY Cutfield , July , 1752 . FOR NOT SHOWING HER WHAT I HAD WROTE . DID not my Muse ( what can she less ? ) Perceive her own unworthiness ...
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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...
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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...