The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 47
... turn To Athens or to Rome , for wisdom short Of man's occasions , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that ...
... turn To Athens or to Rome , for wisdom short Of man's occasions , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that ...
Page 51
... turns the key in her own door , And , at the watchman's lantern borrowing light , Finds a cold bed her only comfort left . [ wives , Wives beggar husbands , husbands starve their On Fortune's velvet altar offering up Their last poor ...
... turns the key in her own door , And , at the watchman's lantern borrowing light , Finds a cold bed her only comfort left . [ wives , Wives beggar husbands , husbands starve their On Fortune's velvet altar offering up Their last poor ...
Page 56
... turn . Profusion breeds them ; and the cause itself Of that calamitous mischief has been found : Found too where most offensive , in the skirts Of the robed pedagogue ! Else let the ' arraign'd Stand up unconscious , and refute the ...
... turn . Profusion breeds them ; and the cause itself Of that calamitous mischief has been found : Found too where most offensive , in the skirts Of the robed pedagogue ! Else let the ' arraign'd Stand up unconscious , and refute the ...
Page 69
... turn to nourishment , digested well . Or if the garden with its many cares , All well repaid , demand him , he attends The welcome call , conscious how much the hand Of lubbard Labour needs his watchful eye , Oft loitering lazily , if ...
... turn to nourishment , digested well . Or if the garden with its many cares , All well repaid , demand him , he attends The welcome call , conscious how much the hand Of lubbard Labour needs his watchful eye , Oft loitering lazily , if ...
Page 76
... turn the clod , and wheel the compost home ; But elegance , chief grace the garden shows , And most attractive , is the fair result Of thought , the creature of a polish'd mind . Without it all is gothic as the scene , To which the ...
... turn the clod , and wheel the compost home ; But elegance , chief grace the garden shows , And most attractive , is the fair result Of thought , the creature of a polish'd mind . Without it all is gothic as the scene , To which the ...
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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