The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volum 1J. Nichol, 1854 |
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Side xv
... vain he sought relief from books ; every page he opened seemed bor- dered by the blackness of darkness , and in vain he sought aid from his kind brother John , who , when he came at his call , found him crying out , " O brother , I am ...
... vain he sought relief from books ; every page he opened seemed bor- dered by the blackness of darkness , and in vain he sought aid from his kind brother John , who , when he came at his call , found him crying out , " O brother , I am ...
Side xix
... vain , tried to awaken Mr Cowper's long slumbering muse , and the " Olney Hymns " were the result . In 1773 he was again seized with derange- ment , owing , some say , to the preparation of these hymns ; others say , still less probably ...
... vain , tried to awaken Mr Cowper's long slumbering muse , and the " Olney Hymns " were the result . In 1773 he was again seized with derange- ment , owing , some say , to the preparation of these hymns ; others say , still less probably ...
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... vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left ? . B. Not wholly in the dark : Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and absolute disgrace . While ...
... vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left ? . B. Not wholly in the dark : Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and absolute disgrace . While ...
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... as you scribbled at fifteen ; Who , kindling a combustion of desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ; 287 300 310 320 Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling 34 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... as you scribbled at fifteen ; Who , kindling a combustion of desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ; 287 300 310 320 Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling 34 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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William Cowper George Gilfillan. Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again- Oh that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of the land , Who fasten ...
William Cowper George Gilfillan. Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again- Oh that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of the land , Who fasten ...
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Side 208 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Side 389 - How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Side 399 - So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, ' As much as I your minstrelsy, ' You would abhor to do me wrong, ' As much as I to spoil your song ; ' For 'twas the self-same Power divine, ' Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; ' That you with music, I with light, ' Might beautify and cheer the night.
Side 209 - 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.
Side 388 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Side 178 - Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark ; But such as learning, without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense.
Side 209 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Side 189 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Side 209 - Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Side 352 - 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...