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... virtue . - The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . - His present state of mind supposed . - Civilized life friend- ly to virtue , but not great cities . - Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due ...
... virtue . - The South Sea islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . - His present state of mind supposed . - Civilized life friend- ly to virtue , but not great cities . - Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due ...
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William Cowper. Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up ...
William Cowper. Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up ...
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... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e'er she springs spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And strength ...
... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e'er she springs spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And strength ...
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... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals , what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed ...
... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals , what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed ...
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... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The ...
... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most noisome sewer , The ...
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Poems: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, Volum 2 William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
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BARTOW beauty beneath betimes boast BOOK breath cause charge charms clime death deems delights distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel field of glory flower folly fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour Hosanna human JOSEPH HILL king labour less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene schools scorn seek seems shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile smooth Sofa song soon soul sound spare sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch trembling truth Twas virtue weary WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth
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Side 50 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Side 178 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Side 37 - 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. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man.
Side 162 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Side 150 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till Persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven.
Side 161 - And, seeking grace to improve the prize they hold, Would urge a wiser suit than asking more The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Side 44 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
Side 161 - Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence.
Side 100 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Side 151 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes confederate for his harm Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.