The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page 27
... Beauty woos him with expanded arms ; Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined , Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious ...
... Beauty woos him with expanded arms ; Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined , Might well alarm the most unguarded mind , Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious ...
Page 56
... beauty in his sight : See where he sits , contemplative and fix'd , Pleasure and wonder in his features mix'd , His passions tamed and all at his control , How perfect the composure of his soul ! Complacency has breathed a gentle gale O ...
... beauty in his sight : See where he sits , contemplative and fix'd , Pleasure and wonder in his features mix'd , His passions tamed and all at his control , How perfect the composure of his soul ! Complacency has breathed a gentle gale O ...
Page 106
... beauty has no charms ; God's holy Word , once trivial in his view , Now by the voice of his experience true , Seems , as it is , the fountain whence alone Must spring that hope he pants to make his own . Now let the bright reverse be ...
... beauty has no charms ; God's holy Word , once trivial in his view , Now by the voice of his experience true , Seems , as it is , the fountain whence alone Must spring that hope he pants to make his own . Now let the bright reverse be ...
Page 116
... Beauty for ashes " is a gift indeed , And slaves , by truth enlarged , are doubly freed . Then would he say , submissive at thy feet , While gratitude and love made service sweet , —— My dear deliverer out of hopeless night , Whose ...
... Beauty for ashes " is a gift indeed , And slaves , by truth enlarged , are doubly freed . Then would he say , submissive at thy feet , While gratitude and love made service sweet , —— My dear deliverer out of hopeless night , Whose ...
Page 137
... beauty blind , As to despise the glory of our kind , And show the softest minds and fairest forms As little mercy as he grubs and worms ? They dare not wait the riotous abuse Thy thirst - creating steams at length produce , When wine ...
... beauty blind , As to despise the glory of our kind , And show the softest minds and fairest forms As little mercy as he grubs and worms ? They dare not wait the riotous abuse Thy thirst - creating steams at length produce , When wine ...
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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