The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... half deceived , Till others have the soothing tale believed . Hence comment after comment , spun as fine As bloated spiders draw the flimsy line ; Hence the same word , that bids our lusts obey , Is misapplied to sanctify their sway ...
... half deceived , Till others have the soothing tale believed . Hence comment after comment , spun as fine As bloated spiders draw the flimsy line ; Hence the same word , that bids our lusts obey , Is misapplied to sanctify their sway ...
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... half - founder'd , and his compass lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies , Pants for ' t , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then ...
... half - founder'd , and his compass lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass , every sinew plies , Pants for ' t , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then ...
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... half an angel in her own account , Doubts not hereafter with the saints to mount , Though not a grace appears on strictest search , But that she fasts , and , item , goes to church . Conscious of age , she recollects her youth , And 44 ...
... half an angel in her own account , Doubts not hereafter with the saints to mount , Though not a grace appears on strictest search , But that she fasts , and , item , goes to church . Conscious of age , she recollects her youth , And 44 ...
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... half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity of hers . Not many wise , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heavenly ground . And is it not a mortifying thought The ...
... half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the simplicity of hers . Not many wise , rich , noble , or profound In science , win one inch of heavenly ground . And is it not a mortifying thought The ...
Page 83
... half the world comes rattling at his door , To fill the dull vacuity till four ; And , just when ev'ning turns the blue vault gray , To spend two hours in dressing for the day ; To make the sun a bauble without use , Save for the fruits ...
... half the world comes rattling at his door , To fill the dull vacuity till four ; And , just when ev'ning turns the blue vault gray , To spend two hours in dressing for the day ; To make the sun a bauble without use , Save for the fruits ...
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Common terms and phrases
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.