Poems of William Cowper, EsqJ. Limbird, 1824 - 427 pagina's |
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... wrong ; -- If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up - stairs , To which th ' unwash'd artificer repairs , T ' indulge his genius after long fatigue , By diving ...
... wrong ; -- If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up - stairs , To which th ' unwash'd artificer repairs , T ' indulge his genius after long fatigue , By diving ...
Pagina 30
... wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of a land . Ye writers of what none with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that Fancy leads ; Ye novelists , who mar what ye would ...
... wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of a land . Ye writers of what none with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that Fancy leads ; Ye novelists , who mar what ye would ...
Pagina 35
... wrong , With such fine words familiar to his tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for indiff'rent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause , ) Whatever shocks or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense , ( Try ...
... wrong , With such fine words familiar to his tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for indiff'rent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause , ) Whatever shocks or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense , ( Try ...
Pagina 37
... wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size , One leg by truth ...
... wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size , One leg by truth ...
Pagina 39
... wrong , Take it and perish ; but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O , how unlike the complex works of man Heav'n's easy , artless , unencumber'd plan ! No ...
... wrong , Take it and perish ; but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O , how unlike the complex works of man Heav'n's easy , artless , unencumber'd plan ! No ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Aspasio beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms death Deist delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'r folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human John Gilpin land learn'd light lov'd lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once peace perhaps pine-apples pity plac'd pleas'd pleasure plebeian poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought TILDEN toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 280 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Pagina 400 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Pagina 401 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Pagina 298 - One song employs all nations: and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Pagina 337 - How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind. And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Pagina 185 - Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys...
Pagina 231 - 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...
Pagina 271 - Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly ; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and t...
Pagina 378 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung, A bottle swinging at each side As hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, Up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl.
Pagina 402 - I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might — But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.