Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...John Jones, 1790 - 298 pages |
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... fields , and female feet Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me . At fuch a season and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then ...
... fields , and female feet Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are beft at home , The task of new discov'ries falls on me . At fuch a season and with fuch a charge Once went I forth , and found , till then ...
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... field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There , from the fun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain , while lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it paffes fwiftly by ...
... field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , foon whiten all the land . There , from the fun - burnt hay - field , homeward creeps The loaded wain , while lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it paffes fwiftly by ...
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... fcenes fhe draws Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found Who felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For For the unfcented fictions of the loom . Who fatisfied 16 Book I. THE TASK .
... fcenes fhe draws Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found Who felf - imprifon'd in their proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For For the unfcented fictions of the loom . Who fatisfied 16 Book I. THE TASK .
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... fields appear below , fuch as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The low'ring eye , the petulance , the frown , And fullen ...
... fields appear below , fuch as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The low'ring eye , the petulance , the frown , And fullen ...
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... her equal care . With nice incifion of her guided steel She ploughs a brazen field , and clothes a foil So fterile , with what charms fo'er fhe will , C 2 The The richest scen'ry and the lovelieft forms . Where finds THE SOFA . 27.
... her equal care . With nice incifion of her guided steel She ploughs a brazen field , and clothes a foil So fterile , with what charms fo'er fhe will , C 2 The The richest scen'ry and the lovelieft forms . Where finds THE SOFA . 27.
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Page 35 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 205 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks ; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.
Page 106 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 76 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Page 206 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 166 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Page 12 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 269 - 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.
Page 261 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. 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.
Page 207 - Thy rams are there, *Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there ; The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west ; And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.