Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... fuch men , man owes His portion in the good that heav'n bestows , And when recording hiftory difplays Feats of renown , though wrought in antient days , Tells of a few flout hearts that fought and dy'd Where duty plac'd them , at their ...
... fuch men , man owes His portion in the good that heav'n bestows , And when recording hiftory difplays Feats of renown , though wrought in antient days , Tells of a few flout hearts that fought and dy'd Where duty plac'd them , at their ...
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... fuch hands misplac'd , Thofe enfigns of dominion , how difgrac'd The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r Then grace the boney phantom in their stead With the king's fhoulder ...
... fuch hands misplac'd , Thofe enfigns of dominion , how difgrac'd The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak his pow'r Then grace the boney phantom in their stead With the king's fhoulder ...
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... fuch Herculean powr's , The Frenchman , eafy , debonair and brisk , Give him his lafs , his fiddle and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may ,. And laughs the fenfe of mis'ry far away . He drinks his fimple bev'rage with a ...
... fuch Herculean powr's , The Frenchman , eafy , debonair and brisk , Give him his lafs , his fiddle and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may ,. And laughs the fenfe of mis'ry far away . He drinks his fimple bev'rage with a ...
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... fuch , Stand on a level , and you prove too much . If all men indiscriminately share , His foft'ring pow'r and tutelary care , As well be yok'd by defpotifm's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a ...
... fuch , Stand on a level , and you prove too much . If all men indiscriminately share , His foft'ring pow'r and tutelary care , As well be yok'd by defpotifm's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a ...
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... fuch storms her very name , And fierce licentiousness should bear the blame . Incomparable gem ! thy worth untold , Cheap , though blood - bought , and thrown away when fold ; May no foes ravish thee , and no false friend : Betray thee ...
... fuch storms her very name , And fierce licentiousness should bear the blame . Incomparable gem ! thy worth untold , Cheap , though blood - bought , and thrown away when fold ; May no foes ravish thee , and no false friend : Betray thee ...
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Page 234 - 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.
Page 234 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 261 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Page 183 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 250 - Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the selfsame power divine Taught you.
Page 255 - 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.
Page 129 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 166 - Ye powers who rule the tongue, if such there are, And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, — A duel in the form of a debate.
Page 67 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Page 68 - He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers.