The Poetical Works of William CowperF. Warne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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Page 117
... waste it at the bidding of His hand . He gives 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 ...
... waste it at the bidding of His hand . He gives 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 ...
Page 108
... waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels , With all the savage thirst a tiger feels ; Then view him self - proclaimed in a gazette Chief ...
... waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels , With all the savage thirst a tiger feels ; Then view him self - proclaimed in a gazette Chief ...
Page 111
... waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ! However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear ! A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt ...
... waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ! However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear ! A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt ...
Page 129
... waste and void , For them the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving signal summoning , when best Their host to move , and when it stay'd ...
... waste and void , For them the states to which they went destroy'd ; A cloud to measure out their march by day , By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way , That moving signal summoning , when best Their host to move , and when it stay'd ...
Page 132
... waste thee with a word , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of His hand , And in whose awful sight all nations seem As grasshoppers , as dust , a drop , a dream ? Hast thou ( a sacrilege His soul ...
... waste thee with a word , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of His hand , And in whose awful sight all nations seem As grasshoppers , as dust , a drop , a dream ? Hast thou ( a sacrilege His soul ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty beneath boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly give glory Gordon riots grace groves hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour John Gilpin JOHN MILTON John Throckmorton kings labour light live Lord lost lyre mind Muse Nathaniel Cotton nature never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas Parnassian peace Phoebus pleasure poet praise prove rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth