Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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Sida 10
... Please daily , and whofe novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature ...
... Please daily , and whofe novelty furvives Long knowledge and the fcrutiny of years . Praife juftly due to those that I describe . Nor rural fights alone , but rural founds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature ...
Sida 12
... please highly for their fake . Feace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim ...
... please highly for their fake . Feace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an emblem of myself ! More delicate , his tim ...
Sida 23
... please the eye - sweet Nature ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And mufic of her woods - no works of man May rival thefe ; these all bespeak a pow'r Peculiar , and ...
... please the eye - sweet Nature ev'ry fenfe . The air falubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And mufic of her woods - no works of man May rival thefe ; these all bespeak a pow'r Peculiar , and ...
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... please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of man . His hoary head , Confpicuous many a league , the mariner , Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A ...
... please , That hides the fea - mew in his hollow clefts Above the reach of man . His hoary head , Confpicuous many a league , the mariner , Bound homeward , and in hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A ...
Sida 53
... please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he fpar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer ...
... please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he fpar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far guiltier England , left he spare not thee ! Happy the man who fees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer ...
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Sida 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Sida 371 - 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.
Sida 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Sida 99 - 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...
Sida 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Sida 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Sida 137 - 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.
Sida 375 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Sida 217 - 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.
Sida 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.