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Of the great Babel , and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar the sends through all her gates At a safe distance , where the dying found Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjur'd ear . Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe ...
Of the great Babel , and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar the sends through all her gates At a safe distance , where the dying found Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjur'd ear . Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe ...
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beauty beneath BOOK bound breath cauſe charge charms courſe death deep diſtant divine dream earth eaſe ev'n ev'ry fair fall fame faſt fear feed feel field firſt flow'r folly force fruit give grace half hand head heart heav'n himſelf hold honour hopes human juſt kind land laſt leaſt leaves leſs light live loſs manners means mind moſt muſt nature never night once peace perhaps play pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe proud prove reſt riſe ſcene ſchools ſee ſeek ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſide ſmile ſome ſoon ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves theſe thine things thoſe thou thought true truth turn uſe virtue waſte whoſe wind winter wiſdom worth
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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 —
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ... Volume 2 de Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes, Joseph Johnson |
| Autor | William Cowper |
| Colaborador | Joseph Johnson |
| Editora | J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 18 Jun 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 359 páginas |
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