Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... pow'r to charm me ftill , And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast lock'd in mine , with pleasure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues ...
... pow'r to charm me ftill , And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whofe arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast lock'd in mine , with pleasure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues ...
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... pow'r Peculiar , and exclufively her own . Beneath the open fky fhe spreads the feaft ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who fcorns it ftarves defervedly at home . He does not fcorn it , who , imprison'd long C 4 BOOK 1 ...
... pow'r Peculiar , and exclufively her own . Beneath the open fky fhe spreads the feaft ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who fcorns it ftarves defervedly at home . He does not fcorn it , who , imprison'd long C 4 BOOK 1 ...
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... pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when the paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far ...
... pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when the paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far ...
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... pow'r T ' enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy caufe Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had élfe , Like kindred drops ...
... pow'r T ' enforce the wrong , for fuch a worthy caufe Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey . Lands interfected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interpos'd Make enemies of nations , who had élfe , Like kindred drops ...
Sida 47
... pow'r Is felt , mankind may feel her mercy too . Sure there is need of focial intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And by the ...
... pow'r Is felt , mankind may feel her mercy too . Sure there is need of focial intercourse , Benevolence , and peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the death - bell of its own decease , And by the ...
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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.