Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not .... He wondered ( as thousands in ...
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not .... He wondered ( as thousands in ...
Pagina xi
... taste , and that those who are governed by it may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pursued ...
... taste , and that those who are governed by it may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pursued ...
Pagina 6
... taste , His gall'ries with the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy ...
... taste , His gall'ries with the works of art well grac'd , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy ...
Pagina 18
... taste Is so refin❜d , and delicate , and chaste , That 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 ...
... taste Is so refin❜d , and delicate , and chaste , That 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 ...
Pagina 22
... taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind , releas'd from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
... taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind , releas'd from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
beams beneath bids blest bliss blooming groves boast brighter day call'd charms Christian courser dark declension deeds deist delight design'd divine dream earth eternal ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fools form'd frown give glory God's grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour int'rest land learn'd light lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er once pass'd peace Pharisee pine-apples pity plac'd plain pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee their's theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VIRG virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom woes youth zeal
Populaire passages
Pagina 215 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Pagina 214 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Pagina 263 - Tis now become a history little known That once we called the pastoral house our own Short-lived possession! but the record fair That memory keeps, of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Pagina 235 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Pagina 48 - Thus men go 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.
Pagina 214 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 262 - 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 ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Pagina 240 - You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all.
Pagina 264 - Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Pagina 159 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home: 'Tis like a parcel sent...