The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page 33
... own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , 154 O TABLE TALK . 83.
... own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , 154 O TABLE TALK . 83.
Page 39
... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
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... Lights of the world and stars of human race ; But , if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous and view'd with fear : The comet's banefnl influence is a dream ; Yours real , and pernicious in the extreme , What then ! are ...
... Lights of the world and stars of human race ; But , if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous and view'd with fear : The comet's banefnl influence is a dream ; Yours real , and pernicious in the extreme , What then ! are ...
Page 49
... light by many a grin At Popish practices observed within . Ere long some bowing , smirking , smart abbé Remarks two ... lights he draws , The squire , once bashful , is shamefac'd no more , But teems with powers he never felt before ...
... light by many a grin At Popish practices observed within . Ere long some bowing , smirking , smart abbé Remarks two ... lights he draws , The squire , once bashful , is shamefac'd no more , But teems with powers he never felt before ...
Page 56
... light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O how unlike the complex works of man , Heaven's easy , artless , unencumber'd plan ? No meretricious graces to beguile , No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ...
... light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O how unlike the complex works of man , Heaven's easy , artless , unencumber'd plan ? No meretricious graces to beguile , No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ...
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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