The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... hear one on a second and a third occa- sion . Now , Table Talk is a medley of many things ; some that may be useful , and some that , for aught I know , may be very diverting . I am merry , that I may decoy people into my company , and ...
... hear one on a second and a third occa- sion . Now , Table Talk is a medley of many things ; some that may be useful , and some that , for aught I know , may be very diverting . I am merry , that I may decoy people into my company , and ...
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... hear it call'd extravagance and waste : If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear , A. Thus men , whose ...
... hear it call'd extravagance and waste : If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear , A. Thus men , whose ...
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... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , though worth the ...
... hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , though worth the ...
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... hears the thunder ere the tempest low'rs ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
... hears the thunder ere the tempest low'rs ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and ...
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... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observed aright , When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest , Sits banqueting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engaged and cannot come ; Their answer to the ...
... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury observed aright , When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest , Sits banqueting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engaged and cannot come ; Their answer to the ...
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bard beauty beneath blest boast breath call'd cause charms Christian Cowper dear delight divine Dr Johnson dread dream e'en earth Eartham ease ev'ry eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope human John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour Lady land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind muse Nature Nebaioth never NOTE numbers nymph o'er OLNEY HYMNS once Parnassian peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sublime sweet taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler true truth Twas verse vex'd virtue Voltaire waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth youth
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Side 333 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Side 498 - OH ! for a closer walk with God ; A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Side 499 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Side 433 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Side 381 - 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. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Side 489 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.
Side 485 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Side 487 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Side 487 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away.
Side 187 - FOB 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.