Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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Side 8
... grace that age would gladly keep ; A tooth or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they fpare ; Th ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot That mounts the ftile with eafe , or leaps the fence , That play of ...
... grace that age would gladly keep ; A tooth or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length and colour from the locks they fpare ; Th ' elastic spring of an unwearied foot That mounts the ftile with eafe , or leaps the fence , That play of ...
Side 10
... grace Of hedge - row beauties numberlefs , square tow'r , Tall fpire , from which the found of cheerful bells Juft undulates upon the list'ning ear , Groves , heaths , and fmoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful which ...
... grace Of hedge - row beauties numberlefs , square tow'r , Tall fpire , from which the found of cheerful bells Juft undulates upon the list'ning ear , Groves , heaths , and fmoking villages , remote . Scenes must be beautiful which ...
Side 66
... grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the roftrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ; and , reading what they never wrote , Juft fifteen minutes ...
... grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! —Is it like ? -Like whom ? The things that mount the roftrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ; and , reading what they never wrote , Juft fifteen minutes ...
Side 73
... Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has ferv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would fit content And humble learners of a Saviour's worth , Preach ...
... Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has ferv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would fit content And humble learners of a Saviour's worth , Preach ...
Side 78
... grace , efcape . There we grow early gray , but never wife ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopelefs of fuccefs ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To ...
... grace , efcape . There we grow early gray , but never wife ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopelefs of fuccefs ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To ...
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Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.