The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2Robert Carter, 1850 |
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... little span To ages , if he might . To ages in a world of pain , To ages where he goes Gall'd by affliction's heavy chain , And hopeless of repose . VIRG . Strange fondness of the human heart , Enamor'd of its MISCELLANEOUS . 51.
... little span To ages , if he might . To ages in a world of pain , To ages where he goes Gall'd by affliction's heavy chain , And hopeless of repose . VIRG . Strange fondness of the human heart , Enamor'd of its MISCELLANEOUS . 51.
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... pains of emptiness , Nor noontide feast , nor evening's cool repast , Hopes she from this - presumptuous , though , perhaps The cobbler , leather - carving artist ! might Nathless she thanks thee and accepts thy boon , Whatever ; not as ...
... pains of emptiness , Nor noontide feast , nor evening's cool repast , Hopes she from this - presumptuous , though , perhaps The cobbler , leather - carving artist ! might Nathless she thanks thee and accepts thy boon , Whatever ; not as ...
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... pains . The sense was dark ; ' twas therefore fit With simile to illustrate it ; But as too much obscures the sight , As often as too little light , We have our similes cut short , For matters of more grave import . in the Spectator's ...
... pains . The sense was dark ; ' twas therefore fit With simile to illustrate it ; But as too much obscures the sight , As often as too little light , We have our similes cut short , For matters of more grave import . in the Spectator's ...
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... pains Smooth'd and refined the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill - chosen rhyme To escape him at the idlest time ; And thus o'er all a lustre cast , That while the language lives shall last . A'nt please your ladyship ( quoth I ...
... pains Smooth'd and refined the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill - chosen rhyme To escape him at the idlest time ; And thus o'er all a lustre cast , That while the language lives shall last . A'nt please your ladyship ( quoth I ...
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... pains To guess and spell what it contains : But day by day , and year by year , Will make the dark enigma clear ; And furnish us , perhaps , at last , Like other scenes already past , With proof , that we , and our affairs , Are part of ...
... pains To guess and spell what it contains : But day by day , and year by year , Will make the dark enigma clear ; And furnish us , perhaps , at last , Like other scenes already past , With proof , that we , and our affairs , Are part of ...
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Aspasio bard beneath birds blest blood boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms CLEMENT MAROT Cowper dear death delight divine dwell e'en Earl of Surrey earth ease eyes faith fame fear feel fill'd fire fix'd friendship gentle give glory grace groves hand happy hear heard heart heaven heavenly homeless birds hymns JEHOVAH-SHALOM JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH Jesus John Throckmorton light live Lord lyre Mary mind muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMN once pain pass'd peace Phoebus pine-apples pleasure poet praise prayer prove Psalms repose rest sacred Saviour scene seek seem'd shade shine shore sight sing Sir Thomas Wyatt skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stout spurs sweet tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought truth Twas verse vex'd voice wast WILLIAM HAYLEY youth
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Page 31 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Page 119 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary...
Page 33 - But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.
Page 440 - Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
Page 178 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Page 32 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Page 206 - SOMETIMES a light -surprises The Christian, while he sings ; It is the Lord, who rises With healing in His wings : When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Page 188 - Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith, and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all Heaven before our eyes.
Page 191 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none.
Page 28 - ... Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. " Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.