The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page 11
... rude rabble's watchword was - Destroy ! And blazing London seem'd a second Troy , ― Liberty blush'd , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread , Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce ...
... rude rabble's watchword was - Destroy ! And blazing London seem'd a second Troy , ― Liberty blush'd , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread , Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce ...
Page 46
... rude rock ; Book , beads , and maple - dish his meagre stock ; In shirt of hair and weeds of canvas dress'd , Girt with a bell - rope that the Pope has bless'd ; Adust with stripes told out for every crime , And sore tormented long ...
... rude rock ; Book , beads , and maple - dish his meagre stock ; In shirt of hair and weeds of canvas dress'd , Girt with a bell - rope that the Pope has bless'd ; Adust with stripes told out for every crime , And sore tormented long ...
Page 48
... rude inclemency of wintry skies , And sails with lappet - head and mincing airs Duly at clink of bell to morning prayers . To thrift and parsimony much inclined , She yet allows herself that boy behind ; The shivering urchin , 1 bending ...
... rude inclemency of wintry skies , And sails with lappet - head and mincing airs Duly at clink of bell to morning prayers . To thrift and parsimony much inclined , She yet allows herself that boy behind ; The shivering urchin , 1 bending ...
Page 51
... rude , Long hid by interposing hill or wood , Some mansion , neat and elegantly dress'd , By some kind hospitable heart possess'd , Offer him warmth , security , and rest ; 240 250 Think with what pleasure , safe , and at his TRUTH . 51.
... rude , Long hid by interposing hill or wood , Some mansion , neat and elegantly dress'd , By some kind hospitable heart possess'd , Offer him warmth , security , and rest ; 240 250 Think with what pleasure , safe , and at his TRUTH . 51.
Page 59
... rude , Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , Maturer years shall happier stores produce , And meliorate the well - concocted juice . Then , conscious of her meritorious zeal , To Justice she may make her bold appeal , And ...
... rude , Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , Maturer years shall happier stores produce , And meliorate the well - concocted juice . Then , conscious of her meritorious zeal , To Justice she may make her bold appeal , And ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper dark delight design'd distant divine dream earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human Huntingtown John Gilpin John Newton labour land learn'd light live lost lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night 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 skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas verse virtue Voltaire Warren Hastings waste Westminster School WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth