The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page 19
... field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording History ...
... field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording History ...
Page 26
... fields of science ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a prosp'rous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course . Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the ...
... fields of science ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a prosp'rous force , While no base fear impedes her in her course . Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the ...
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... field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own lascivious fires , And , dizzy with delight , profan'd the sacred wires . Anacreon , Horace , played in Greece and Rome This bedlam part ; and others nearer home ...
... field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own lascivious fires , And , dizzy with delight , profan'd the sacred wires . Anacreon , Horace , played in Greece and Rome This bedlam part ; and others nearer home ...
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... unwearied power , Forms , opens , and gives scent to every flower ; Spreads the fresh verdure of the field , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads ; She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , 33 TABLE TALK .
... unwearied power , Forms , opens , and gives scent to every flower ; Spreads the fresh verdure of the field , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads ; She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , 33 TABLE TALK .
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... field he flies ; Leaps every fence but one , there falls and dies ; Like a slain deer , the tumbrel brings him home , Unmiss'd but by his dogs , and by his groom . Ye clergy , while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world and ...
... field he flies ; Leaps every fence but one , there falls and dies ; Like a slain deer , the tumbrel brings him home , Unmiss'd but by his dogs , and by his groom . Ye clergy , while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world and ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd divine dream e'en 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 House of Lords human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once pain pass'd peace perhaps pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth