Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 sider |
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... bird - cage maker , or a gardener , or a drawer of landscapes . At 50 years of age I commenced an author . It is a whim that has served me longest and best , and which will probably be my last . Thus you see I have had very little ...
... bird - cage maker , or a gardener , or a drawer of landscapes . At 50 years of age I commenced an author . It is a whim that has served me longest and best , and which will probably be my last . Thus you see I have had very little ...
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... birds Pursuing gilded flies ; and such he deems Her honours , her emoluments , her joys . Therefore in contemplation is his ... bird That flutters least is longest on the wing . Ask him , indeed , what trophies he has rais'd , Or what ...
... birds Pursuing gilded flies ; and such he deems Her honours , her emoluments , her joys . Therefore in contemplation is his ... bird That flutters least is longest on the wing . Ask him , indeed , what trophies he has rais'd , Or what ...
Side 51
... Birds warbling all the music . We can spare The splendour of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , E 2 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . 51 Rural Life Preferred.
... Birds warbling all the music . We can spare The splendour of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs Scar'd , E 2 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . 51 Rural Life Preferred.
Side 74
... bird go free ; Prov'd he not plainly that his meaner works Are yet his care , and have an int'rest all , All , in the universal Father's love ? On Noah , and in him , on all mankind , The charter was conferr'd , by which we hold The ...
... bird go free ; Prov'd he not plainly that his meaner works Are yet his care , and have an int'rest all , All , in the universal Father's love ? On Noah , and in him , on all mankind , The charter was conferr'd , by which we hold The ...
Side 92
... birds confabulate or no ; " Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse , at least , in fable ; And ev'n the child , who knows no better , Than to interpret by the letter , A story of a cock and bull , Must have a most ...
... birds confabulate or no ; " Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse , at least , in fable ; And ev'n the child , who knows no better , Than to interpret by the letter , A story of a cock and bull , Must have a most ...
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beauty beneath Berkhamstead bids bird Blest bliss boast bow'rs breath bright cause charms Cowper dear delight distant divine dread dream earth ease Edmonton England ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast fear feel fill'd fire flow'r form'd fountain of eternal frown glory grace Greenland groves hand happy hast Hast thou heard heart heav'n honours hope hopes and fears John Gilpin Katterfelto kindled land learn'd LENOX LIBRARY Lord lost lov'd lyre mercy midnight hour mind muse musick nature ne'er Nebaioth never nose o'er Olney Omia once pass'd peace perhaps PETRONIUS pity pleas'd pleasure poem poet pow'r prais'd praise pray'rs rural scene seem'd shine sighs sight skies sleep smile soon sorrow soul sound sweet taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil truth Twas virtue wind woes youth
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Side 53 - 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.
Side 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Side 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Side 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Side 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Side 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Side 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Side 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Side 15 - 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 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.