The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 129
... wonder ; humanizing what is brute In the lost kind , extracting from the lips Of asps their venom , overpowering strength By weakness , and hostility by love . Patriots have toil'd , and in their country's cause Bled nobly ; and their ...
... wonder ; humanizing what is brute In the lost kind , extracting from the lips Of asps their venom , overpowering strength By weakness , and hostility by love . Patriots have toil'd , and in their country's cause Bled nobly ; and their ...
Page 140
... wonder at . Should God again , As once in Gibeon , interrupt the race Of the undeviating and punctual sun , • How would the World admire ! But speaks it less An agency divine , to make him know His moment when to sink and when to rise ...
... wonder at . Should God again , As once in Gibeon , interrupt the race Of the undeviating and punctual sun , • How would the World admire ! But speaks it less An agency divine , to make him know His moment when to sink and when to rise ...
Page 171
... scramble next Through moral narrative or sacred text : And learn with wonder how this world began , Who made , who marr'd , and who has ransom'd man . 1 Points which , unless the Scripture made them The A REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 171.
... scramble next Through moral narrative or sacred text : And learn with wonder how this world began , Who made , who marr'd , and who has ransom'd man . 1 Points which , unless the Scripture made them The A REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 171.
Page 240
... horse , Through mere good fortune took a different course , The flock grew calm again , and I , the road Following that led me to my own abode , ON SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE . Much wonder'd that 240 THE NEEDLESS ALARM .
... horse , Through mere good fortune took a different course , The flock grew calm again , and I , the road Following that led me to my own abode , ON SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE . Much wonder'd that 240 THE NEEDLESS ALARM .
Page 241
William Cowper. ON SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE . Much wonder'd that the silly sheep had found Such cause of terror in an empty sound , So sweet to huntsman , gentleman , and hound . MORAL . 241 Beware of desperate steps . The darkest day ...
William Cowper. ON SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE . Much wonder'd that the silly sheep had found Such cause of terror in an empty sound , So sweet to huntsman , gentleman , and hound . MORAL . 241 Beware of desperate steps . The darkest day ...
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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