Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - Всего страниц: 231 |
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... spirit - which invariably distinguish the legitimate son of the Muses , the reader might be confidently referred to several passages of ' The Task ' ; - to the allusion to the storm of 1783 , to the subsequent reflection on Sicily ; to ...
... spirit - which invariably distinguish the legitimate son of the Muses , the reader might be confidently referred to several passages of ' The Task ' ; - to the allusion to the storm of 1783 , to the subsequent reflection on Sicily ; to ...
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... spirit blest , Hophni and Phineas may describe the rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain 8 BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
... spirit blest , Hophni and Phineas may describe the rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain 8 BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
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... spirit - His Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows- Rules universal nature . Not a flow'r But shows some touch , in freckle , streak , or stain , Of his unrivall'd pencil . He inspires Their balmy odours , and imparts their ...
... spirit - His Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows- Rules universal nature . Not a flow'r But shows some touch , in freckle , streak , or stain , Of his unrivall'd pencil . He inspires Their balmy odours , and imparts their ...
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... spirit labours . There he fights , And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself , And never with'ring wreaths , compar'd with which The laurels that a Cæsar reaps are weeds . Perhaps the self - approving haughty world , That as she ...
... spirit labours . There he fights , And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself , And never with'ring wreaths , compar'd with which The laurels that a Cæsar reaps are weeds . Perhaps the self - approving haughty world , That as she ...
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... spirit of the world is tir'd Of its own taunting question , ask'd so long , " Where is the promise of your Lord's approach ? " The infidel has shot his bolts away , Till , his exhausted quiver yielding none , He gleans the blunted ...
... spirit of the world is tir'd Of its own taunting question , ask'd so long , " Where is the promise of your Lord's approach ? " The infidel has shot his bolts away , Till , his exhausted quiver yielding none , He gleans the blunted ...
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Стр. 53 - OH for 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.
Стр. 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Стр. 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Стр. 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Стр. 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Стр. 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Стр. 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Стр. 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Стр. 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Стр. 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.