 Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth: Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joy»,...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 1331841Full view - About this book
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
...invited by you, my christian brethren, with the knowledge that — - " Madly, like an impious world, They deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an...intruder on their joys ; Start at his awful name, and daem his praise A jarring note," — then let me plainly declare, that you compromise your christian... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestick shade, Enjoy'd, spare feast! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play 175 Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth: Nor do we madly, like, an impious World, Who deem religion... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 284 pages
...trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the round of mirth : Nor do we madly, like an impious world...an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name. COWPEH. I WAS in contemplation, sitting on the dry moss that cushioned the roots of a half-perished... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 280 pages
...a worse. My object was to illustrate the difference : not to palliate either. VOL. n. CONVERSATION. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the round of mirth: Nor do we madly, like an impious world Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1833 - 278 pages
...play Of fancy, or proscribes the round of mirth : Nor do we madly, like an impious world Who deemed religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name. COWPER. I WAS in contemplation, sitting on the dry moss that cushioned the roots of a half-perished... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 330 pages
...contrived To fill the void of an unfurnished brain, To palliate dulness, and give time a shove." " Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frensy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name, or deem his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoy'd, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...the God That made them an intruder on their joys, A jarring note. Themes of a graver tone, Exciting oft our gratitude and love, While we retrace with... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestick shade, Enjoy'd, spare feast! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids Ihe play Of fancy, or proscrihes the sound of mirth: Nor do we madly, like an impious World, Who deem... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial8, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play 175 Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth. Nor do we madly, like an impious world, 8 First of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial8, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play 175 Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth. Nor do we madly, like an impious world, 8 First of... | |
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