PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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Page 391
... theme , and like its theme the fruit Of too much labour , worthless when produc'd . Who loves a garden loves a green - house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime , There blooms exotic beauty , warm and snug , While the winds ...
... theme , and like its theme the fruit Of too much labour , worthless when produc'd . Who loves a garden loves a green - house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime , There blooms exotic beauty , warm and snug , While the winds ...
Page 495
... theme , some theme divinely fair , Such is the impulse and the spur he feels To give it praise proportion'd to its worth , That not t ' attempt it , arduous as he deems The labour , were a task more arduous still . O scene surpassing ...
... theme , some theme divinely fair , Such is the impulse and the spur he feels To give it praise proportion'd to its worth , That not t ' attempt it , arduous as he deems The labour , were a task more arduous still . O scene surpassing ...
Page 574
... theme to theme display'd In many a page historic stray'd , Siege after siege , fight after fight , Contemplating with small delight , ( For feats of sanguinary hue Not always glitter in my view ; ) Till , settling on the current year ...
... theme to theme display'd In many a page historic stray'd , Siege after siege , fight after fight , Contemplating with small delight , ( For feats of sanguinary hue Not always glitter in my view ; ) Till , settling on the current year ...
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