The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 60
... death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the ' archers . In his side he bore , And in his hands and feet , the cruel scars . With gentle force soliciting the darts , He drew them 60 B. III . THE TASK .
... death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the ' archers . In his side he bore , And in his hands and feet , the cruel scars . With gentle force soliciting the darts , He drew them 60 B. III . THE TASK .
Page 72
... death To his young hopes , requires discreet delay . Experience , slow preceptress , teaching oft The way to glory by miscarriage foul , Must prompt him and admonish how to catch The ' auspicious moment , when the temper'd heat ...
... death To his young hopes , requires discreet delay . Experience , slow preceptress , teaching oft The way to glory by miscarriage foul , Must prompt him and admonish how to catch The ' auspicious moment , when the temper'd heat ...
Page 75
... a woman's neatness , breeding else Contagion , and disseminating death . Discharge but these kind offices ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleased THE GARDEN . 75.
... a woman's neatness , breeding else Contagion , and disseminating death . Discharge but these kind offices ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleased THE GARDEN . 75.
Page 84
... deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill , Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains , Or nymphs responsive , equally affect His horse and ...
... deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill , Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains , Or nymphs responsive , equally affect His horse and ...
Page 115
William Cowper. Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the shrewd Contriver , who first sweated at the forge , And forced the blunt and yet unbloodied steel To a keen edge , and made it bright for war . Him ...
William Cowper. Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the shrewd Contriver , who first sweated at the forge , And forced the blunt and yet unbloodied steel To a keen edge , and made it bright for war . Him ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's light live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise press'd prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth