Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 - 359 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 9
Página 40
... wonder then that health and virtue , gifts ́ That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all , fhould most abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye , therefore , ye , who , born about ...
... wonder then that health and virtue , gifts ́ That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all , fhould most abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye , therefore , ye , who , born about ...
Página 87
... wonder if , discharg'd into the world , They shame their shooters with a random flight , Their points obtufe , and feathers drunk with wine ! Well may the church wage unfuccessful war , With fuch artill'ry arm'd . Vice parries wide Th ...
... wonder if , discharg'd into the world , They shame their shooters with a random flight , Their points obtufe , and feathers drunk with wine ! Well may the church wage unfuccessful war , With fuch artill'ry arm'd . Vice parries wide Th ...
Página 166
... wonder heard With doubtful credit , told to frighten babes , But farewell now to unfufpicious nights , And flumbers unalarm'd ! Now , ere you fleep , See that your polish'd arms be prim'd with care , And drop the night - bolt ...
... wonder heard With doubtful credit , told to frighten babes , But farewell now to unfufpicious nights , And flumbers unalarm'd ! Now , ere you fleep , See that your polish'd arms be prim'd with care , And drop the night - bolt ...
Página 173
... , his beauties had then first Engag'd my wonder ; and , admiring ftill , And still admiring , with regret fuppos'd The joy half loft because not fooner found . There , too , enamour'd of the life I lov'd 5 BOOK IV . 173 THE WINTER EVENING .
... , his beauties had then first Engag'd my wonder ; and , admiring ftill , And still admiring , with regret fuppos'd The joy half loft because not fooner found . There , too , enamour'd of the life I lov'd 5 BOOK IV . 173 THE WINTER EVENING .
Página 187
... wonder takes a thousand shapes Capricious , in which fancy feeks in vain The likeness of fome object feen before . Thus nature works as if to mock at art , And in defiance of her rival pow'rs ; By thefe fortuitous and random ftrokes ...
... wonder takes a thousand shapes Capricious , in which fancy feeks in vain The likeness of fome object feen before . Thus nature works as if to mock at art , And in defiance of her rival pow'rs ; By thefe fortuitous and random ftrokes ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt baſe Becauſe beneath beſt boaſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe confcious courſe diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faft fair fame faſhion fatire fcene fcorn fecure feed feek feel feem feen fhade fhall fhine fhould fhow fide fight filent fince firſt fleep flow'r fmiles foft folly fome fong foon form'd foul fpirit ftill fuch fweet grace heart heav'n himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind miſchief moft moſt mufic muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purpoſe reft reſt rife ſcene ſchools ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtream ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue waſte whofe whoſe wind wiſdom worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 343 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 350 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Página 139 - 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 275 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Página 218 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Página 65 - 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.
Página 101 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Página 46 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 47 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Página 219 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —