The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Том 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... : at eleven we attend Divine Service , which is performed here twice every day , and from twelve to three we separate , and amuse ourselves as we please . During that interval I either read in my own apartment XX MEMOIR OF COWPER .
... : at eleven we attend Divine Service , which is performed here twice every day , and from twelve to three we separate , and amuse ourselves as we please . During that interval I either read in my own apartment XX MEMOIR OF COWPER .
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... divine , Stark naught , because corrupt in their design . Strange doctrine this ! that without scruple tears The laurel that the very lightning spares ; Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust , And eats into his bloody sword like ...
... divine , Stark naught , because corrupt in their design . Strange doctrine this ! that without scruple tears The laurel that the very lightning spares ; Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust , And eats into his bloody sword like ...
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... divine The powers that sin hath brought to a decline . A. The inestimable estimate of Brown Rose like a paper - kite , and charm'd the town ; But measures , plann'd and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He ...
... divine The powers that sin hath brought to a decline . A. The inestimable estimate of Brown Rose like a paper - kite , and charm'd the town ; But measures , plann'd and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He ...
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... divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed not tamely to be borne Fire indignation and a sense of scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of music shakes the astonish'd crowd . So , when ...
... divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed not tamely to be borne Fire indignation and a sense of scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of music shakes the astonish'd crowd . So , when ...
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... divine delight : Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind— Proof of a trifling and a ...
... divine delight : Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind— Proof of a trifling and a ...
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Стр. 205 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Стр. 256 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Стр. 243 - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
Стр. 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Стр. 208 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Стр. xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Стр. 246 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Стр. 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Стр. 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Стр. xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.