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... turn of mind led him , brought forth at length , instead of the trifle which he at first intended , a serious affair - a Volume . In the Poem on the subject of Education , he would be very sorry to stand suspected of having aimed his ...
... turn of mind led him , brought forth at length , instead of the trifle which he at first intended , a serious affair - a Volume . In the Poem on the subject of Education , he would be very sorry to stand suspected of having aimed his ...
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... turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And sends thee to thy cabin , well - prepar'd , To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait ...
... turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And sends thee to thy cabin , well - prepar'd , To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait ...
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... turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform , To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arrest the fleeting images , that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And ...
... turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform , To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arrest the fleeting images , that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And ...
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... Turns to the stroke his adamantine scales , That fear no discipline of human hands . The pulpit , therefore ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) - The pulpit ( when ...
... Turns to the stroke his adamantine scales , That fear no discipline of human hands . The pulpit , therefore ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) - The pulpit ( when ...
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... exhortation ; and t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in all he ever wrote , And 50 BOOK 11 . THE TASK .
... exhortation ; and t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in all he ever wrote , And 50 BOOK 11 . THE TASK .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms creature dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry ev'ry night fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human labour learn'd less liberty life's live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud Puss quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine sigh silent clock skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas Virg virtue walnut shade waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Página 198 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us ! ' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 277 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Página 105 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Página 34 - 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 48 - 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, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 33 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. It does not feel for man; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax, That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own; and having pow'r T' enforce the wrong for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
Página 106 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, . And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Página 277 - Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes ; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may ; Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in Heaven, though little noticed here.
Página 33 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 107 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out ; And the clear voice, symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still, Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.