Poems, Volum 1from the Press of C. Whittingham, 1818 |
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Side 8
... Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and satisfy the human ear , Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The 8 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and satisfy the human ear , Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The 8 BOOK I. THE TASK .
Side 18
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though ...
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though ...
Side 25
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
Side 27
... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean ...
... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean ...
Side 33
... human hands . The pulpit , therefore ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) - The pulpit ( when the satʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
... human hands . The pulpit , therefore ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) - The pulpit ( when the satʼrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heav'n honour human labour learn'd less life's live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pine-apples pity pleas'd pleasure poets pow'r praise press'd proud rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd truth Twas Twere virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom worth youth