The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 45
... ease with gentle care , With handkerchief in hand depending low ; The better hand more busy gives the nose Its bergamot , or aids the ' indebted eye With opera - glass , to watch the moving scene , And recognise the slow - retiring fair ...
... ease with gentle care , With handkerchief in hand depending low ; The better hand more busy gives the nose Its bergamot , or aids the ' indebted eye With opera - glass , to watch the moving scene , And recognise the slow - retiring fair ...
Page 57
... brisk his ear - erecting steed , And winds his way with pleasure and with ease ; So I , designing other themes , and call'd To ' adorn the Sofa with eulogium due , To tell its slumbers , and to paint its dreams F 2 57 The Garden.
... brisk his ear - erecting steed , And winds his way with pleasure and with ease ; So I , designing other themes , and call'd To ' adorn the Sofa with eulogium due , To tell its slumbers , and to paint its dreams F 2 57 The Garden.
Page 68
... ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time , Not waste it , and aware that human life Is but a loan to be repaid with use When He shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings , business finds E'en here ...
... ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time , Not waste it , and aware that human life Is but a loan to be repaid with use When He shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings , business finds E'en here ...
Page 77
... ease By vicious custom , raging uncontrol'd Abroad , and desolating public life , When fierce temptation , seconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts VOL . II . H Temper'd in Hell , invades the throbbing breast , To THE ...
... ease By vicious custom , raging uncontrol'd Abroad , and desolating public life , When fierce temptation , seconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts VOL . II . H Temper'd in Hell , invades the throbbing breast , To THE ...
Page 86
... ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanced To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and exempts me from them all . It turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult ...
... ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanced To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and exempts me from them all . It turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult ...
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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