Poems,C. Whittingham. : Sold by R. Jennings ... London., 1817 |
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... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel therefore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular instance of it . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . Historical deduction 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel therefore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular instance of it . THE TASK . BOOK I. THE SOFA . Historical deduction 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Truth , Hope , and Charity , and touched with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
... Truth , Hope , and Charity , and touched with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
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... truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War followed for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint ...
... truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War followed for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase for sustenance , precarious trust ! His hard condition with severe constraint ...
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... truth , And centering all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms , And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced . God made the country , and man made the town . What wonder ...
... truth , And centering all authority in modes And customs of her own , till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms , And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced . God made the country , and man made the town . What wonder ...
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... truth philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Or disregards , or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
... truth philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his instrument , forgets , Or disregards , or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bound breath cause charms Chiswick dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy fear feed feel flower folly fountain of eternal give glory grace grave hand happy hare hast heard heart heaven honour human JOSEPH HILL labour less liberty live lost lyre March 9 mind muse nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian powdered coat praise prize proud prove Puss quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine silent clock skies sleep sloth smile smooth song soon soul sound sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought Tiney toil truth twas virtue walnut shade waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth
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Page 117 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
Page 199 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine : And, while the wings of Fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Page 74 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy, Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
Page 52 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Page 117 - 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. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared...
Page 98 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Page 197 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor...
Page 56 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 165 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 74 - 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.