The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 82
... hope of better things , the chance to win , The wish to shine , the thirst to be amused , That at the sound of winter's hoary wing Unpeople all our counties of such herds Of fluttering , loitering , cringing , begging , loose , And ...
... hope of better things , the chance to win , The wish to shine , the thirst to be amused , That at the sound of winter's hoary wing Unpeople all our counties of such herds Of fluttering , loitering , cringing , begging , loose , And ...
Page 104
... hope of being free . My very dreams were rural ; rural too The first - born efforts of my youthful Muse , Sportive and jingling her poetic bells , Ere yet her ear was mistress of their powers . No bard could please me , but whose lyre ...
... hope of being free . My very dreams were rural ; rural too The first - born efforts of my youthful Muse , Sportive and jingling her poetic bells , Ere yet her ear was mistress of their powers . No bard could please me , but whose lyre ...
Page 119
... hope itself possess All that the contest calls for ; spirit , strength , The scorn of danger , and united hearts ; The surest presage of the good they seek ' . 1 The author hopes , that he shall not be censured for unne- cessary warmth ...
... hope itself possess All that the contest calls for ; spirit , strength , The scorn of danger , and united hearts ; The surest presage of the good they seek ' . 1 The author hopes , that he shall not be censured for unne- cessary warmth ...
Page 121
... hope By dint of change to give his tasteless task Some relish ; till , the sum exactly found In all directions , he begins again- Oh comfortless existence ! hemm'd around With woes , which who that suffers would not And beg for exile or ...
... hope By dint of change to give his tasteless task Some relish ; till , the sum exactly found In all directions , he begins again- Oh comfortless existence ! hemm'd around With woes , which who that suffers would not And beg for exile or ...
Page 135
... hope , or peace . From thee is all that sooths the life of man , His high endeavour , and his glad success , His strength to suffer , and his will to serve . But , O thou bounteous giver of all good , Thou art of all thy gifts thyself ...
... hope , or peace . From thee is all that sooths the life of man , His high endeavour , and his glad success , His strength to suffer , and his will to serve . But , O thou bounteous giver of all good , Thou art of all thy gifts thyself ...
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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