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... fruit of all her labour is whipp'd - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from its highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet , purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread . Ages elaps'd ere ...
... fruit of all her labour is whipp'd - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from its highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet , purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread . Ages elaps'd ere ...
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... fruit , though fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid la ev'ry bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ...
... fruit , though fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid la ev'ry bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ...
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... fruits of sanctimonious pride , Of malice fed while flesh is mortified : Take , Madam , the reward of all your pray❜rs , Where hermits and where bramius meet with theirs ; Your portion is with them . - Nay , never frown , But , if you ...
... fruits of sanctimonious pride , Of malice fed while flesh is mortified : Take , Madam , the reward of all your pray❜rs , Where hermits and where bramius meet with theirs ; Your portion is with them . - Nay , never frown , But , if you ...
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... Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , Maturer years shall happier stores produce , And meliorate the well concocted juice . Then , conscious of her meritorious zeal , To Justice she may make her bold appeal , And leave to ...
... Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , Maturer years shall happier stores produce , And meliorate the well concocted juice . Then , conscious of her meritorious zeal , To Justice she may make her bold appeal , And leave to ...
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... fruits his heav'nly beams produce ; Quite to forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him shine , or if he shine or not ; Through mere necessity to close his eyes Just when the larks and when the shepherds rise ; Is such a life ...
... fruits his heav'nly beams produce ; Quite to forget , or deem it worth no thought , Who bids him shine , or if he shine or not ; Through mere necessity to close his eyes Just when the larks and when the shepherds rise ; Is such a life ...
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Aspasio beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace groves hand happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human int'rest JOHN GILPIN land learn'd light lov'd lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once Parnassian peace perhaps pity plac'd pleas'd pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth
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Page 237 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 442 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 213 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
Page 386 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full, The lion, and the libbard, and the bear, Graze with the fearless flocks ; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.
Page 232 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Page 230 - Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 382 - 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 237 - ... that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Page 169 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 161 - 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. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.