The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the AuthorBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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... thing in praise of the Author of the Task . It is of more consequence to inform the reader of the circumstances that have led to this pub- lication . About twenty years ago , a very dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly ...
... thing in praise of the Author of the Task . It is of more consequence to inform the reader of the circumstances that have led to this pub- lication . About twenty years ago , a very dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly ...
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... things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and I scorn it all . Canals , and fountains , and delicious vales , Green slopes and ...
... things , in his humble birth , Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth ; The straw , the manger , and the mouldering wall , Eclipse its lustre ; and I scorn it all . Canals , and fountains , and delicious vales , Green slopes and ...
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... thing filthy as dung . Let us leave it ourselves ( ' tis a mortal abode , ) To bask every moment in infinite Love ; Let us fly the dark winter , and follow the road That leads to the dayspring appearing above . THE TRIUMPH OF HEAVENLY ...
... thing filthy as dung . Let us leave it ourselves ( ' tis a mortal abode , ) To bask every moment in infinite Love ; Let us fly the dark winter , and follow the road That leads to the dayspring appearing above . THE TRIUMPH OF HEAVENLY ...
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... never men resort ; For in an age so frantic Impiety is sport ; For riot and confusion They barter things above , Condemning , as delusion , The joy of perfect love . In this sequester'd corner , None hears what I express 14 COWPER'S POEMS .
... never men resort ; For in an age so frantic Impiety is sport ; For riot and confusion They barter things above , Condemning , as delusion , The joy of perfect love . In this sequester'd corner , None hears what I express 14 COWPER'S POEMS .
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... things , Lost in thee , thou King of kings ! Ye that know my secret fire , Softly speak and soon retire ; Favour my divine repose , Spare the sleep a God bestows . GLORY TO GOD ALONE . OH loved ! but not enough - though dearer far Than ...
... things , Lost in thee , thou King of kings ! Ye that know my secret fire , Softly speak and soon retire ; Favour my divine repose , Spare the sleep a God bestows . GLORY TO GOD ALONE . OH loved ! but not enough - though dearer far Than ...
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Page 88 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 302 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, — " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Page 249 - 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 229 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Page 163 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now...
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Page 70 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 125 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 87 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.