PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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Page 97
... o'er his woes , The dying , trembling at their awful close , Where the betray'd , forsaken , and opprest , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest , Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) or hope ...
... o'er his woes , The dying , trembling at their awful close , Where the betray'd , forsaken , and opprest , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest , Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) or hope ...
Page 129
... o'er all the past , Whose prospect shows thee a disheart'ning waste ; Would age in thee resign his wintry reign , And youth invigorate that frame again , Renew'd desire would grace with other speech Joys always priz'd when plac'd within ...
... o'er all the past , Whose prospect shows thee a disheart'ning waste ; Would age in thee resign his wintry reign , And youth invigorate that frame again , Renew'd desire would grace with other speech Joys always priz'd when plac'd within ...
Page 508
... o'er the mead , Bids me and Mary mourn ; But lovely spring peeps o'er his head , And whispers your return . Then April , with her sister May , Shall chase him from the bow'rs , And weave fresh garlands ev'ry day , To crown the smiling ...
... o'er the mead , Bids me and Mary mourn ; But lovely spring peeps o'er his head , And whispers your return . Then April , with her sister May , Shall chase him from the bow'rs , And weave fresh garlands ev'ry day , To crown the smiling ...
Contents
Translations from Vincent Bourne | xv |
Progress of Error | 60 |
Truth | 82 |
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause Charity charms Christian Cowper delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown fruit give glory God's grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human Inner Temple int'rest John Gilpin land light lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once palæstra peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove red vengeance religion rude sacred sapience scene scorn Scrib seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler true truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom worth youth zeal