 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...wings of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimick shew of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself removed, thy power to soothe... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic F'JOW of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft.... Thyself remov'd, thy power to soouie me... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, "" Without the sin of...of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic shew of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic shew of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t, have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine. Without the sin of violating...free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has hut half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. FRIENDSHIP. VT HAT... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem'd t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again : To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, 'Without the sin of...Time has but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. TO MARY. rpHE twentieth year is well nigh past, -*- Since first... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. 12* FRIENDSHIP. WHAT virtue, or what mental grace, / But men... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...Time has but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. FRIENDSHIP. ^VHAT virtue, or what mental grace, But men unqualiBed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...contemplation's help, not songht in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has hut half succeeded in his theft— Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left. • Garth. FRIENDSHIP.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...Contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating...succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left. THERE was a lime when ^Etna's silent fire Slept unperceived, the mountain yet entire:... | |
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I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine : And, while the wings of Fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his... 
