Poems,C. Whittingham. : Sold by R. Jennings ... London., 1817 |
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Side 29
... heaven , that it burns down to earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
... heaven , that it burns down to earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
Side 30
... or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure against foolish men , That live an atheist life : involves the heaven In tempests : quits his grasp upon the winds , 30 BOOK IL . THE TASK .
... or , more presumptuous still , Denies the power that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure against foolish men , That live an atheist life : involves the heaven In tempests : quits his grasp upon the winds , 30 BOOK IL . THE TASK .
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... heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedged between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
... heaven all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedged between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
Side 42
... heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
... heaven would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely braced And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
Side 43
... heaven's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and ...
... heaven's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure , hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and ...
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Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an ... William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1785 |
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bound breath cause charms Chiswick dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy fear feed feel flower folly fountain of eternal give glory grace grave hand happy hare hast heard heart heaven honour human JOSEPH HILL labour less liberty live lost lyre March 9 mind muse nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian powdered coat praise prize proud prove Puss quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine silent clock skies sleep sloth smile smooth song soon soul sound sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought Tiney toil truth twas virtue walnut shade waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth
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Side 117 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
Side 199 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine : And, while the wings of Fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Side 74 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy, Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
Side 52 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Side 117 - 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. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared...
Side 98 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Side 197 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor...
Side 56 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Side 165 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Side 74 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.