The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 3William Pickering, 1831 |
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... task his spirit flew ; ' Twas love that urged him on . Lord , we return thee what we can : Our hearts shall sound abroad , Salvation to the dying Man , And to the rising God ! And while thy bleeding glories here Engage our wondering ...
... task his spirit flew ; ' Twas love that urged him on . Lord , we return thee what we can : Our hearts shall sound abroad , Salvation to the dying Man , And to the rising God ! And while thy bleeding glories here Engage our wondering ...
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... more . XLVII . THE HIDDEN LIFE . To tell the Saviour all my wants , How pleasing is the task ! Nor less to praise him when he grants Beyond what I can ask . My labouring spirit vainly seeks To tell but half the 46 HYMNS .
... more . XLVII . THE HIDDEN LIFE . To tell the Saviour all my wants , How pleasing is the task ! Nor less to praise him when he grants Beyond what I can ask . My labouring spirit vainly seeks To tell but half the 46 HYMNS .
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... task but that of love . ' Tis love unites what sin divides ; The centre , where all bliss resides ; To which the soul once brought , Reclining on the first great cause , From his abounding sweetness draws Peace passing human thought ...
... task but that of love . ' Tis love unites what sin divides ; The centre , where all bliss resides ; To which the soul once brought , Reclining on the first great cause , From his abounding sweetness draws Peace passing human thought ...
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... task aside ; Haste , let us forth together , and beguile The heat beneath yon whispering shades awhile , Or on the margin stray of Colne's clear flood , Or where Cassibelan's gray turrets stood ! There thou shalt cull me simples , and ...
... task aside ; Haste , let us forth together , and beguile The heat beneath yon whispering shades awhile , Or on the margin stray of Colne's clear flood , Or where Cassibelan's gray turrets stood ! There thou shalt cull me simples , and ...
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... task . But still with regular decrease From size to size they fall , In every leaf grow less and less ; The last are least of all . O ! what a fund of genius , pent In narrow space is here ! This volume's method and intent How luminous ...
... task . But still with regular decrease From size to size they fall , In every leaf grow less and less ; The last are least of all . O ! what a fund of genius , pent In narrow space is here ! This volume's method and intent How luminous ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abode Æneas ANTISTROPHE bard Behold beneath birdlime birds blessing blest bliss blood boast bosom breast breath Cacus call'd CALLIMACHUS dark dear death deep delight Delos divine docet Dryope dwell e'en earth eyes fair faith fame Faunus fear feel fill'd fire fix'd flame give glory grace grief grove hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly Jesus Jove king labour lambs Latian Latium light live Lord lyre mind muse never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas pass'd peace Phoebus pleasure praise prayer prove reign repose rest rill sacred Saviour scene seek your home shades shalt shine shore sight sing skies smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring stream sweet tears theme thine thou art thou hast thought THRACIAN Thyrsis Tiber trembling truth Twas verse vex'd VINCENT BOURNE voice Where'er WILLIAM HAYLEY wish youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 32 - 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 44 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Página 46 - 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 14 - 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 315 - Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left.
Página 317 - No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme, A more enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No- light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We perish'd each alone : But I beneath...
Página 250 - Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak. She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 32 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Página 29 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. 3 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 36 - GOD of my life, to Thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 2 Friend of the friendless, and the faint ! Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? Where but with Thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor...