The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2Robert Carter, 1850 |
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... give the creature the Creator's due Were sin in me , and an offence to you . From man to man , or e'en to woman paid , Praise is the medium of a knavish trade , A coin by craft for folly's use design'd , Spurious , and only current with ...
... give the creature the Creator's due Were sin in me , and an offence to you . From man to man , or e'en to woman paid , Praise is the medium of a knavish trade , A coin by craft for folly's use design'd , Spurious , and only current with ...
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... Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But , ah ! ' tis lost as soon as found ; Culprit his liberty regains , Flits out of sight , and mocks his pains . The sense ...
... Gives him at length the lucky pat , And has him safe beneath his hat : Then lifts it gently from the ground ; But , ah ! ' tis lost as soon as found ; Culprit his liberty regains , Flits out of sight , and mocks his pains . The sense ...
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... that never cease The livelong day beguile . From morn to dewy eve With open hand she showers Fresh blessings , to deceive And soothe the silent hours . It is content of heart Gives Nature power to please MISCELLANEOUS . 69.
... that never cease The livelong day beguile . From morn to dewy eve With open hand she showers Fresh blessings , to deceive And soothe the silent hours . It is content of heart Gives Nature power to please MISCELLANEOUS . 69.
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William Cowper Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe. It is content of heart Gives Nature power to please ; The mind that feels no smart Enlivens all it sees ; Can make a wintry sky Seem bright as smiling May , And evening's closing eye As peep ...
William Cowper Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe. It is content of heart Gives Nature power to please ; The mind that feels no smart Enlivens all it sees ; Can make a wintry sky Seem bright as smiling May , And evening's closing eye As peep ...
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... give up health and gain , To exchange content for trouble , ease for pain , To echo sigh for sigh , and groan for groan , And wet his cheeks with sorrows not his own . The heart of man , for such a task too frail , When most relied on ...
... give up health and gain , To exchange content for trouble , ease for pain , To echo sigh for sigh , and groan for groan , And wet his cheeks with sorrows not his own . The heart of man , for such a task too frail , When most relied on ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aspasio bard beneath birds blest blood boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms CLEMENT MAROT Cowper dear death delight divine dwell e'en Earl of Surrey earth ease eyes faith fame fear feel fill'd fire fix'd friendship gentle give glory grace groves hand happy hear heard heart heaven heavenly homeless birds hymns JEHOVAH-SHALOM JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH Jesus John Throckmorton light live Lord lyre Mary mind muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMN once pain pass'd peace Phoebus pine-apples pleasure poet praise prayer prove Psalms repose rest sacred Saviour scene seek seem'd shade shine shore sight sing Sir Thomas Wyatt skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stout spurs sweet tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought truth Twas verse vex'd voice wast WILLIAM HAYLEY youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 31 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Página 119 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary...
Página 33 - But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.
Página 440 - Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
Página 178 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Página 32 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Página 206 - SOMETIMES a light -surprises The Christian, while he sings ; It is the Lord, who rises With healing in His wings : When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Página 188 - Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith, and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all Heaven before our eyes.
Página 191 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none.
Página 28 - ... Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. " Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.