Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side lviii
... of the whole ; exemplifying the devotional spirit of the Author , with an affluence of thought , a beauty and selectness of phrase , and a harmony of numbers , seldom dis- played by his capricious muse through so considerable a length ...
... of the whole ; exemplifying the devotional spirit of the Author , with an affluence of thought , a beauty and selectness of phrase , and a harmony of numbers , seldom dis- played by his capricious muse through so considerable a length ...
Side lix
William Cowper. played by his capricious muse through so considerable a length of lines . The opening of Book VI . is of corresponding excellence , in a very different character . " The sympathy of souls with sounds , " to which ...
William Cowper. played by his capricious muse through so considerable a length of lines . The opening of Book VI . is of corresponding excellence , in a very different character . " The sympathy of souls with sounds , " to which ...
Side lxi
... play . " " No foe to man Lurks in the serpent now : the mother sees , And smiles to see , her infant's playful hand Stretched forth to dally with the crested worm , To stroke his azure neck , or to receive The lambent homage of his ...
... play . " " No foe to man Lurks in the serpent now : the mother sees , And smiles to see , her infant's playful hand Stretched forth to dally with the crested worm , To stroke his azure neck , or to receive The lambent homage of his ...
Side 73
... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Should'ring , and standing as if struck to stone , While ... play ; ) To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt ...
... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Should'ring , and standing as if struck to stone , While ... play ; ) To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt ...
Side 78
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your horse For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth