The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 21
... laughs the land with various plenty crowned ! But time , that should enrich the nobler mind , Neglected , leaves a dreary waste behind . THE STREAM . ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY . SWEET 21 The Certainty of Death • A Comparison.
... laughs the land with various plenty crowned ! But time , that should enrich the nobler mind , Neglected , leaves a dreary waste behind . THE STREAM . ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY . SWEET 21 The Certainty of Death • A Comparison.
Page 24
... land be driven , With every herb that blunts the sense Mankind received from Heaven . Dwells there a wish in such a breast " Oh , if my Sovereign Author please , Its nature to forego , To smother in ignoble rest At once both bliss and ...
... land be driven , With every herb that blunts the sense Mankind received from Heaven . Dwells there a wish in such a breast " Oh , if my Sovereign Author please , Its nature to forego , To smother in ignoble rest At once both bliss and ...
Page 29
... land Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand ; Lethæan gulfs receive them as they fall , And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all . So when a child , as playful children use , Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news , The flame ...
... land Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand ; Lethæan gulfs receive them as they fall , And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all . So when a child , as playful children use , Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news , The flame ...
Page 31
... land . When Jonah sunk beneath the wave , He thought to rise no more ; † But God prepared a fish to save , And bear him to the shore . Blest proofs of power and grace divine , That meet us in His Word ! May every deep - felt care of ...
... land . When Jonah sunk beneath the wave , He thought to rise no more ; † But God prepared a fish to save , And bear him to the shore . Blest proofs of power and grace divine , That meet us in His Word ! May every deep - felt care of ...
Page 45
... land ; † Then Thy people's doors he pass'd , Where the bloody sign was placed : Hear us , now , upon our knees , Plead the blood of Christ for these ! Lord , we tremble , for we know How the fierce malicious foe , Wheeling round his ...
... land ; † Then Thy people's doors he pass'd , Where the bloody sign was placed : Hear us , now , upon our knees , Plead the blood of Christ for these ! Lord , we tremble , for we know How the fierce malicious foe , Wheeling round his ...
Contents
354 | |
360 | |
366 | |
371 | |
377 | |
383 | |
389 | |
397 | |
48 | |
50 | |
56 | |
62 | |
68 | |
78 | |
113 | |
125 | |
159 | |
174 | |
194 | |
212 | |
219 | |
333 | |
402 | |
403 | |
408 | |
421 | |
427 | |
434 | |
439 | |
445 | |
458 | |
460 | |
468 | |
488 | |
509 | |
566 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ANTISTROPHE bard beauty beneath boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly give glory Gordon riots grace groves hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour John Gilpin JOHN MILTON John Throckmorton kings labour light live Lord lost lyre mind Muse Nathaniel Cotton nature never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas Parnassian peace Phoebus pleasure poet praise prove rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth