The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1830 |
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... beneath The chequer'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , * See the foregoing note . And darkening ...
... beneath The chequer'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , * See the foregoing note . And darkening ...
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... privileged in them , With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front . The veteran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , 16 B. I. THE TASK .
... privileged in them , With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front . The veteran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , 16 B. I. THE TASK .
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... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis every day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long VOL . II . C In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To ...
... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis every day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long VOL . II . C In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To ...
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... . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams . Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest . The peasant too , a witness of his song , THE SOFA . 19.
... . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams . Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest . The peasant too , a witness of his song , THE SOFA . 19.
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... beneath , and meteors + from above , Portentous , unexampled , unexplain'd , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and the old And crazy earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle ...
... beneath , and meteors + from above , Portentous , unexampled , unexplain'd , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and the old And crazy earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle ...
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Æsop Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms creatures death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy farewell flight fear feed feel fieldfare flowers folly form'd fruit grace grave hand happy happy prisoners hast heard heart Heaven high raised honour hope infant sorrows John Throckmorton labour learn'd less life's live lyre mind mischief mounted best muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never numbers o'er once pass'd peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian praise prize proud prove rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd sensual world shade shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste taste Of evils thee theme thine thou art thought toil truth vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER winds winter wisdom wise wisely store wonder worth youth
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Página 97 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Página 34 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Página 33 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
Página 13 - Nor less attractive is the woodland scene, Diversified with trees of every growth, Alike yet various. Here the grey smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs.
Página 254 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile...
Página 256 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies.
Página 163 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Página 100 - The manners, customs, policy of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Página 299 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins...
Página 8 - The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tow'r, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.