The Minor Poems of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, EsqJohn Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817 - 186 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... pleasure . An acquisition rather rare Is yet no subject of despair ; Nor is it wise complaining , If either on forbidden ground , Or where it was not to be found , We sought without attaining . No friendship will abide the test , That ...
... pleasure . An acquisition rather rare Is yet no subject of despair ; Nor is it wise complaining , If either on forbidden ground , Or where it was not to be found , We sought without attaining . No friendship will abide the test , That ...
Pagina 16
... pleasure's fatal wiles ? For whom , alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets that I was wont to share , The banquet of thy smiles ? The great , the gay , shall they partake The heaven that thou alone canst make ? And wilt thou quit the ...
... pleasure's fatal wiles ? For whom , alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets that I was wont to share , The banquet of thy smiles ? The great , the gay , shall they partake The heaven that thou alone canst make ? And wilt thou quit the ...
Pagina 25
... my fancy employs , I reflect on the frailty of man , and his joys ; Short - lived as we are , yet our pleasures , we see , Have a still shorter date , and die sooner than we . E THE SHRUBBERY . WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION . 25.
... my fancy employs , I reflect on the frailty of man , and his joys ; Short - lived as we are , yet our pleasures , we see , Have a still shorter date , and die sooner than we . E THE SHRUBBERY . WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION . 25.
Pagina 27
... Pleasure wins his heart . " Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And , while his tongue the charge denies , His conscience owns it true . Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known , A stranger to ...
... Pleasure wins his heart . " Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And , while his tongue the charge denies , His conscience owns it true . Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known , A stranger to ...
Pagina 29
... pleasure and taste ; I have sought thee , and seem'd to possess , But have proved thee a vision at last . An humble ambition and hope The voice of true Wisdom inspires ; " Tis sufficient , if Peace be the scope And the summit of all our ...
... pleasure and taste ; I have sought thee , and seem'd to possess , But have proved thee a vision at last . An humble ambition and hope The voice of true Wisdom inspires ; " Tis sufficient , if Peace be the scope And the summit of all our ...
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