PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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Page 273
... scene around , Should droop and wither where they grow , You would not feel at all - not you . The noblest minds their virtue prove By pity , sympathy , and love : These , these are feelings truly fine , And prove their owner half ...
... scene around , Should droop and wither where they grow , You would not feel at all - not you . The noblest minds their virtue prove By pity , sympathy , and love : These , these are feelings truly fine , And prove their owner half ...
Page 326
... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His lab'ring team , that swerv'd not from the track , The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level ...
... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His lab'ring team , that swerv'd not from the track , The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level ...
Page 470
... scene Is dreary , so with him all seasons please . Though winter had been none , had man been true , And earth be punish'd for its tenant's sake , Yet not in vengeance ; as this smiling sky , So soon succeeding such an angry night , And ...
... scene Is dreary , so with him all seasons please . Though winter had been none , had man been true , And earth be punish'd for its tenant's sake , Yet not in vengeance ; as this smiling sky , So soon succeeding such an angry night , And ...
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