Poems, Volym 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... seen ; but perforated fore , And drill'd in holes , the folid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the fimple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
... seen ; but perforated fore , And drill'd in holes , the folid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refin'd Improv'd the fimple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
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... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off , Faftidious , feeking lefs familiar fcenes . Then fnug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary fight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , flides off , Faftidious , feeking lefs familiar fcenes . Then fnug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
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... Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at laft the dull and dufky eve , And fends thee to thy cabin , well prepar'd To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it ...
... Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at laft the dull and dufky eve , And fends thee to thy cabin , well prepar'd To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it ...
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... seen . For ghoftly counfel ; if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not back'd With fhow of love , at least with hopeful proof Of fome fincerity on th ' giver's part ; Or be dishonour'd , in th ' exterior form And mode of its ...
... seen . For ghoftly counfel ; if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not back'd With fhow of love , at least with hopeful proof Of fome fincerity on th ' giver's part ; Or be dishonour'd , in th ' exterior form And mode of its ...
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... seen In ev'ry flash of his far - beaming eye . Nor taste alone and well - contriv'd display Suffice to give the marshall'd ranks the grace Of their complete effect . Much yet remains Unfung , and many cares are yet behind , And more ...
... seen In ev'ry flash of his far - beaming eye . Nor taste alone and well - contriv'd display Suffice to give the marshall'd ranks the grace Of their complete effect . Much yet remains Unfung , and many cares are yet behind , And more ...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. Vol. I-II. William Cowper Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1800 |
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Sida 327 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band 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 40 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Sida 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Sida 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Sida 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Sida 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Sida 34 - 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 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Sida 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Sida 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...