Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow ; it receiv'd , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens who ...
... Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow ; it receiv'd , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens who ...
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... still repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in BOOK I. II THE SOFA .
... still repeated circles , fcreaming loud , The jay , the pie , and ev'n the boding owl That hails the rifing moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in BOOK I. II THE SOFA .
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... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Feace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
... heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their fake . Feace to the artist , whofe ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains ...
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... heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never fmil'd again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unlefs when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
... heard the doleful tidings of his death- And never fmil'd again ! and now the roams The dreary wafte ; there fpends the livelong day , And there , unlefs when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a ...
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... heard our mufic ; are thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparison with our's ? * Omia . Rude as thou art , ( for we return'd thee 34 BOOK I ...
... heard our mufic ; are thy fimple friends , Thy fimple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Loft nothing by comparison with our's ? * Omia . Rude as thou art , ( for we return'd thee 34 BOOK I ...
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Strona 40 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
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Strona 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Strona 99 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Strona 270 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Strona 17 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Strona 137 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Strona 375 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Strona 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all.
Strona 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.