The Poetical Works of William CowperMacMillan, 1908 - 536 páginas |
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... earth Little inmate , full of mirth • 391 I will praise thee every day I wish thy lot , now bad , still worse , my friend 497 Jealous , and with love o'erflowing Jesus ! where'er thy people meet . 418 31 25 • 306 · · 349 183 509 29 39 ...
... earth Little inmate , full of mirth • 391 I will praise thee every day I wish thy lot , now bad , still worse , my friend 497 Jealous , and with love o'erflowing Jesus ! where'er thy people meet . 418 31 25 • 306 · · 349 183 509 29 39 ...
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... earth Did Cytherea to the skies 28 475 102 467 215 A Spartan , his companion slain . 393 • 498 · 498 391 286 A noble theme demands a noble verse Another Leonora once inspired An Oyster , cast upon the shore A peasant to his lord paid ...
... earth Did Cytherea to the skies 28 475 102 467 215 A Spartan , his companion slain . 393 • 498 · 498 391 286 A noble theme demands a noble verse Another Leonora once inspired An Oyster , cast upon the shore A peasant to his lord paid ...
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... groves 450 Ye sons of earth , prepare the plough You bid me write to amuse the tedious hours 492 You give your cheeks a rosy stain You told me , I remember , glory , built . 480 3 30 406 28 506 • . 49 xvi INDEX TO FIRST LINES . The Sower.
... groves 450 Ye sons of earth , prepare the plough You bid me write to amuse the tedious hours 492 You give your cheeks a rosy stain You told me , I remember , glory , built . 480 3 30 406 28 506 • . 49 xvi INDEX TO FIRST LINES . The Sower.
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... earth , earthy . " This is certainly true in the general , though there are certain qualifications which the author makes in the course of his essay . Our concern at this moment is with the theology of the period . And that may be ...
... earth , earthy . " This is certainly true in the general , though there are certain qualifications which the author makes in the course of his essay . Our concern at this moment is with the theology of the period . And that may be ...
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... earth . How will it twist and twine itself about to get from under the Cross which it is the glory of our Christian calling to be able to bear with patience and good - will . They who can guess at the heart of a stranger , and you ...
... earth . How will it twist and twine itself about to get from under the Cross which it is the glory of our Christian calling to be able to bear with patience and good - will . They who can guess at the heart of a stranger , and you ...
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beauty beneath blank verse blessing boast breast breath charms Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth Eartham ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart heaven Homer honour hope hour John Gilpin John Newton John Throckmorton labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letters light live Lord lyre Martin Madan mercy mind Muse nature never Newton night Nonsense Club numbers nymphs o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure poem poet Polygamy praise prayer prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Underwood William Cowper wind wisdom wonder worth youth
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Página 212 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Página 315 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Página 39 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Página 314 - And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ; His fame soon spread around — He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Página 30 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Página 176 - Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — .
Página 282 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Página 273 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd sO much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Página 170 - Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Página 283 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.