Poems, Volym 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... Thofe funs are fet . Oh , rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left is empty talk Of old achievements , and despair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the ftreamers float Upon the wanton breezes . Strew the deck With lavender ...
... Thofe funs are fet . Oh , rife fome other fuch ! Or all that we have left is empty talk Of old achievements , and despair of new . Now hoift the fail , and let the ftreamers float Upon the wanton breezes . Strew the deck With lavender ...
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... thofe decifive blows that once Enfured us maft'ry there , we yet retain Some small pre - eminence ; we juftly boast At least fuperior jockeyfhip , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go , then , well worthy of the praise ...
... thofe decifive blows that once Enfured us maft'ry there , we yet retain Some small pre - eminence ; we juftly boast At least fuperior jockeyfhip , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go , then , well worthy of the praise ...
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William Cowper. Announces to the world his own and their's ! He teaches thofe to read , whom schools dismiss'd And colleges , untaught ; fells accent , tone , And emphasis in fcore , and gives to pray'r Th ' adagio and andante it demands ...
William Cowper. Announces to the world his own and their's ! He teaches thofe to read , whom schools dismiss'd And colleges , untaught ; fells accent , tone , And emphasis in fcore , and gives to pray'r Th ' adagio and andante it demands ...
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... thofe by jocular exploits , Whom truth and soberness affail'd in vain . Oh , popular applaufe ! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet feducing charms ? The wifeft and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentleft ...
... thofe by jocular exploits , Whom truth and soberness affail'd in vain . Oh , popular applaufe ! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet feducing charms ? The wifeft and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentleft ...
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... thofe fang the Mantuan bard , And these the Grecian , in ennobling ftrains ; And in thy numbers , Phillips , fhines for aye The folitary fhilling . Pardon then , Ye fage difpenfers of poetic fame , Th ' ambition of one , meaner far ...
... thofe fang the Mantuan bard , And these the Grecian , in ennobling ftrains ; And in thy numbers , Phillips , fhines for aye The folitary fhilling . Pardon then , Ye fage difpenfers of poetic fame , Th ' ambition of one , meaner far ...
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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...