The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... grace it with a song ) By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Error twines round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The pois'nous , black ...
... grace it with a song ) By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Error twines round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The pois'nous , black ...
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... grace , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce , that has been sent to roam , Excels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before exterior grace : We ...
... grace , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce , that has been sent to roam , Excels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before exterior grace : We ...
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... grace of propriety to recommend it . " Cowper's fears were here , perhaps , too sensitive ; but they seem to have been just . The poem is beautiful , yet has hitherto failed in obtaining the general approbation of critics , who pretend ...
... grace of propriety to recommend it . " Cowper's fears were here , perhaps , too sensitive ; but they seem to have been just . The poem is beautiful , yet has hitherto failed in obtaining the general approbation of critics , who pretend ...
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... Grace leads the right way ; if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish , but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree.2 Oh , how unlike the complex works of man ...
... Grace leads the right way ; if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish , but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree.2 Oh , how unlike the complex works of man ...
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... grace ! " Not so the pheasant on his charms presumes , Though he too has a glory in his plumes . He , christianlike , retreats with modest mien To the close copse , or far sequester'd green , And shines without desiring to be seen . The ...
... grace ! " Not so the pheasant on his charms presumes , Though he too has a glory in his plumes . He , christianlike , retreats with modest mien To the close copse , or far sequester'd green , And shines without desiring to be seen . The ...
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bard beauty beneath blest boast breath call'd cause charms Christian Cowper dear delight divine Dr Johnson dread dream e'en earth Eartham ease ev'ry eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope human John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour Lady land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind muse Nature Nebaioth never NOTE numbers nymph o'er OLNEY HYMNS once Parnassian peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sublime sweet taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler true truth Twas verse vex'd virtue Voltaire waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth youth
Popular passages
Page 333 - 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 498 - OH ! for a closer walk with God ; A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 499 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 433 - 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 wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 381 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair 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 489 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.
Page 485 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 487 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Page 487 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away.
Page 187 - FOB 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.