Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New MemoirLeavitt & Allen, 1869 - 288 pages |
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... nature , such as would call into activity , without too much exciting , the best powers of his mind . " A long and perplexing thought , " he said , " buzzed about in his brain , till it seemed to be breaking all the fibres of it ...
... nature , such as would call into activity , without too much exciting , the best powers of his mind . " A long and perplexing thought , " he said , " buzzed about in his brain , till it seemed to be breaking all the fibres of it ...
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... nature , an infinite share of ambition . But with it , I have at the same time , as you well know , an equal share of diffidence . To this combination of opposite qualities , it has been owing , that till lately , I stole through life ...
... nature , an infinite share of ambition . But with it , I have at the same time , as you well know , an equal share of diffidence . To this combination of opposite qualities , it has been owing , that till lately , I stole through life ...
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... nature draw me vehemently to your side . I was thought in the days of my childhood muca to resemble my mother ; and in my natu- ral temper , of which at the age of fifty - eight I must be supposed to be a competent judge , can trace ...
... nature draw me vehemently to your side . I was thought in the days of my childhood muca to resemble my mother ; and in my natu- ral temper , of which at the age of fifty - eight I must be supposed to be a competent judge , can trace ...
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... nature as he was , his enjoy- ment , even , of natural scenery was limited ; and he com plained , on his visit to Haley , that the wildness of the hills and woods around Eartham oppressed his spirits . " Cowper , " says Sir James ...
... nature as he was , his enjoy- ment , even , of natural scenery was limited ; and he com plained , on his visit to Haley , that the wildness of the hills and woods around Eartham oppressed his spirits . " Cowper , " says Sir James ...
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... nature - superior to , and in some instances inimitable by , art - The wearisomeness of what is com- monly called a life of pleasure - Change of scene some- times expedient - A common described , and the charac- ter of crazy Kate ...
... nature - superior to , and in some instances inimitable by , art - The wearisomeness of what is com- monly called a life of pleasure - Change of scene some- times expedient - A common described , and the charac- ter of crazy Kate ...
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amused beauty beneath boast Bodham breath call'd cause charms Cowper dear death delight distant divine dream e'en earth Eartham ease Edmonton ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fear feed feel flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal Gilpin gives glory grace groves hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human John Gilpin labour Lady Hesketh less live Lord Chancellor lost lov'd lyre mercy Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never Newton night nymphs o'er Olney once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure poet pow'r praise press'd proud rapture rude rural sake says scene seek seem'd shine sleep sloth smile smooth Sofa soft song soon soul sound Southampton Row Southey spaniel spirits sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil truth Twas Unwin virtue wash'd weary WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom worthy
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Page 204 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, •' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 267 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Page 197 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 239 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 44 - Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 75 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 240 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford : But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared.
Page 216 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Page 73 - Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 63 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall.