The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page 62
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , safe , and at his ease , He hears the tempest howling in the trees ; What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger past is turn'd to present joy . So fares it with the sinner , when he ...
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , safe , and at his ease , He hears the tempest howling in the trees ; What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger past is turn'd to present joy . So fares it with the sinner , when he ...
Page 67
... rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end , The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And , seeking exile from the sight of men , Bury herself in solitude profound ...
... rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end , The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And , seeking exile from the sight of men , Bury herself in solitude profound ...
Page 68
... rest , The subtlest serpent with the loftiest crest , Swells at the thought , and , kindling into rage , Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage . And is the soul indeed so lost ? -she cries , Fallen from her glory , and too weak to ...
... rest , The subtlest serpent with the loftiest crest , Swells at the thought , and , kindling into rage , Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage . And is the soul indeed so lost ? -she cries , Fallen from her glory , and too weak to ...
Page 76
... rest . For them the rocks dissolved into a flood . The dews condensed into angelic food , Their very garments sacred , old yet new , And Time forbid to touch them as he flew ; Streams , swell'd above the bank , enjoin'd to stand While ...
... rest . For them the rocks dissolved into a flood . The dews condensed into angelic food , Their very garments sacred , old yet new , And Time forbid to touch them as he flew ; Streams , swell'd above the bank , enjoin'd to stand While ...
Page 83
... rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but ...
... rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak but ...
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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