PoemsC. Wells, 1840 - 523 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 64
Side 22
... verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment was sacrificed to sound , And truth cut 22 TABLE TALK .
... verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment was sacrificed to sound , And truth cut 22 TABLE TALK .
Side 23
William Cowper. If sentiment was sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him ...
William Cowper. If sentiment was sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him ...
Side 32
... sounds , tho ' sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
... sounds , tho ' sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
Side 55
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such TRUTH . 55.
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such TRUTH . 55.
Side 64
... sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustomed to the pleasing lute ; They scorned his inspiration and his theme , Pronounced him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence winged the fleeting hours , Till the ...
... sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustomed to the pleasing lute ; They scorned his inspiration and his theme , Pronounced him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence winged the fleeting hours , Till the ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Aspasio bard beauty beneath bids bird blest boast breast breath cause charms dear death delight divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope hour human INNER TEMPLE John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once pain Parnassian peace perhaps pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sigh sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought THROCKMORTON toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas verse virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth