The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1J. Nichol, 1854 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page 4
... thine . A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . B. A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie ; And , of all lies ( be that one poet's boast ) ...
... thine . A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer , and charge you with a bribe . B. A bribe ? The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie ; And , of all lies ( be that one poet's boast ) ...
Page 10
... thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Ileroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will ...
... thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Ileroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will ...
Page 30
... thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? -Let that day be blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ...
... thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? -Let that day be blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ...
Page 35
... thine , Felt each a mortal stab in her own breast , Abhorr'd the sacrifice , and cursed the priest . Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice ...
... thine , Felt each a mortal stab in her own breast , Abhorr'd the sacrifice , and cursed the priest . Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice ...
Page 61
... thine , Nor hoped , but in thy righteousness divine : My prayers and alms , imperfect and defiled , Were but the feeble efforts of a child ; Howe'er perform'd , it was their brightest part , That they proceeded from a grateful heart ...
... thine , Nor hoped , but in thy righteousness divine : My prayers and alms , imperfect and defiled , Were but the feeble efforts of a child ; Howe'er perform'd , it was their brightest part , That they proceeded from a grateful heart ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper dark delight design'd distant divine dread dream earth ease Edmonton eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit Gilpin give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope human Huntingtown John Gilpin John Newton labour land learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature Nebaioth never o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps Pharisee pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rude sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sighs sight silent skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream street's end sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler true truth Twas verse virtue Warren Hastings waste Westminster School WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth
Popular passages
Page 208 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Page 389 - 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 399 - So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — " 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 self-same Power divine, ' Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; ' That you with music, I with light, ' Might beautify and cheer the night.
Page 209 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 388 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 178 - Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark ; But such as learning, without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense.
Page 209 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 189 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Page 209 - Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 352 - 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...