The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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... cause of her disturbance , he put an end to the connection between himself and Lady Austen , who was undoubtedly beginning to con- ceive a tenderer feeling for him . The poem entitled " The Rose , " written in June 1783 , is an allusion ...
... cause of her disturbance , he put an end to the connection between himself and Lady Austen , who was undoubtedly beginning to con- ceive a tenderer feeling for him . The poem entitled " The Rose , " written in June 1783 , is an allusion ...
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... caused his insanity , and that prompted him to figure his own life in so sad a poem as the " Castaway . " Some ... causes , that led Cowper to see in himself one who was forsaken by his God . He said himself that he had to buffet against ...
... caused his insanity , and that prompted him to figure his own life in so sad a poem as the " Castaway . " Some ... causes , that led Cowper to see in himself one who was forsaken by his God . He said himself that he had to buffet against ...
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... caused cold and hunger to stare them in the face , they were scarcely frightened . Burns writes— " But how it comes I never kent yet , They're maistly wonderfu ' contented . " " " 1 He undoubtedly comes nearest the reality of poverty ...
... caused cold and hunger to stare them in the face , they were scarcely frightened . Burns writes— " But how it comes I never kent yet , They're maistly wonderfu ' contented . " " " 1 He undoubtedly comes nearest the reality of poverty ...
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... cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , 390 For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid ...
... cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , 390 For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid ...
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... cause For such immeasurable woe appears , 450 455 These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys ...
... cause For such immeasurable woe appears , 450 455 These Flora banishes , and gives the fair 460 Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys ...
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Página 252 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 166 - 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.
Página 80 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 175 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Página 194 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 176 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Página 271 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Página 166 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 193 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 167 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...