The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page 30
... the word , and mutiny soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown 30 TABLE TALK .
... the word , and mutiny soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown 30 TABLE TALK .
Page 43
... soon Our Sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
... soon Our Sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
Page 46
... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
... soon opening wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
Page 51
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
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... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part his head ; For ' tis a rule that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such was ...
... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part his head ; For ' tis a rule that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such was ...
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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