The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1830 |
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... proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured us mastery there , we yet retain Some small preeminence ; we justly boast At least superior jockeyship , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go then , well worthy ...
... proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured us mastery there , we yet retain Some small preeminence ; we justly boast At least superior jockeyship , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go then , well worthy ...
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... all at random , fabulous and dark , Left them as dark themselves . Their rules of life , Defective and unsanction'd , proved too weak To bind the roving appetite , and lead Blind nature to a God not yet reveal'd . " 50 B. II . THE TASK .
... all at random , fabulous and dark , Left them as dark themselves . Their rules of life , Defective and unsanction'd , proved too weak To bind the roving appetite , and lead Blind nature to a God not yet reveal'd . " 50 B. II . THE TASK .
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... prove its use Sovereign and most effectual to secure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , From rickets and distortion , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks ...
... prove its use Sovereign and most effectual to secure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , From rickets and distortion , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks ...
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... prove it in the infallible result So hollow and so false - I feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceived . Great crimes alarm the conscience , but it sleeps While thoughtful man ...
... prove it in the infallible result So hollow and so false - I feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceived . Great crimes alarm the conscience , but it sleeps While thoughtful man ...
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... prove now if it be not blood Congenial with thine own : and , if it be , What edge of subtlety canst thou suppose Keen enough , wise and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the ...
... prove now if it be not blood Congenial with thine own : and , if it be , What edge of subtlety canst thou suppose Keen enough , wise and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the ...
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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.