Poems,C. Whittingham. : Sold by R. Jennings ... London., 1817 |
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... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
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... seek The middle field ; but , scattered by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps * John Courtnay Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . The loaded wain ...
... seek The middle field ; but , scattered by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps * John Courtnay Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . The loaded wain ...
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... Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off VOL . II . D Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures THE SOFA . 17.
... Prospects , however lovely , may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off VOL . II . D Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures THE SOFA . 17.
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William Cowper. Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent edges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love ...
William Cowper. Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent edges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love ...
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... seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! be grooms and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! -- ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon ...
... seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! be grooms and win the plate , Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! -- ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bound breath cause charms Chiswick dæmons death deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'n fair fame fancy fear feed feel flower folly fountain of eternal give glory grace grave hand happy hare hast heard heart heaven honour human JOSEPH HILL labour less liberty live lost lyre March 9 mind muse nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian powdered coat praise prize proud prove Puss quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine silent clock skies sleep sloth smile smooth song soon soul sound sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought Tiney toil truth twas virtue walnut shade waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth
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Page 117 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
Page 199 - 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 theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Page 74 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy, Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
Page 52 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Page 117 - There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared...
Page 98 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Page 197 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor...
Page 56 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 165 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 74 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.