Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 sider |
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Side 128
... ; and thofe gods of thine , Woden and Thor , each tott'ring in his fhrine , Fell , broken , and defac'd , at their own door , As Dagon in Philistia long before . But Rome , with forceries and magic wand , Soon 128 EXPOSTULATION .
... ; and thofe gods of thine , Woden and Thor , each tott'ring in his fhrine , Fell , broken , and defac'd , at their own door , As Dagon in Philistia long before . But Rome , with forceries and magic wand , Soon 128 EXPOSTULATION .
Side 129
... Soon rais'd a cloud that darken'd ev'ry land ; And thine was smother'd in the stench and fog Of Tiber's marshes and the papal bog . Then priests , with bulls and briefs , and fhaven crowns , And griping fifts , and unrelenting frowns ...
... Soon rais'd a cloud that darken'd ev'ry land ; And thine was smother'd in the stench and fog Of Tiber's marshes and the papal bog . Then priests , with bulls and briefs , and fhaven crowns , And griping fifts , and unrelenting frowns ...
Side 237
... 'd , on a folemn even - tide , Soon after He that was our furety died , Two bofom friends , each pensively inclin'd , The scene of all those sorrows left behind , Sought their own village , bufied as they went , CONVERSATION . 237.
... 'd , on a folemn even - tide , Soon after He that was our furety died , Two bofom friends , each pensively inclin'd , The scene of all those sorrows left behind , Sought their own village , bufied as they went , CONVERSATION . 237.
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... Soon hurries me back to despair . VII . But the fea - fowl is gone to her neft , The beast is laid down in his lair , Ev'n here is a season of rest , And I to my cabin repair . There's mercy in every place ; And mercy , encouraging ...
... Soon hurries me back to despair . VII . But the fea - fowl is gone to her neft , The beast is laid down in his lair , Ev'n here is a season of rest , And I to my cabin repair . There's mercy in every place ; And mercy , encouraging ...
Side 329
... form genteel , were all in vain , And of a tranfient date ; For , caught and cag'd , and ftarv'd to death , In dying fighs my little breath Soon pafs'd the wiry grate . III . Thanks , gentle fwain , for all my ON A GOLDFINCH . 329.
... form genteel , were all in vain , And of a tranfient date ; For , caught and cag'd , and ftarv'd to death , In dying fighs my little breath Soon pafs'd the wiry grate . III . Thanks , gentle fwain , for all my ON A GOLDFINCH . 329.
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Side 354 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.
Side 237 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Side 182 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Side 351 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Side 315 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Side 168 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his bible was sincere. Assail'd by scandal, and the tongue of strife, His only answer was — a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Side 352 - My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin...
Side 324 - Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Side 356 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Side 352 - A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, — Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit : " My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit.