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William Cowper. Can change their whine into a mirthful note , When fafe occafion offers ; and with dance , And mufic of the bladder and the bag , Beguile their woes , and make the woods refound . Such health and gaiety of heart enjoy The ...
William Cowper. Can change their whine into a mirthful note , When fafe occafion offers ; and with dance , And mufic of the bladder and the bag , Beguile their woes , and make the woods refound . Such health and gaiety of heart enjoy The ...
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... fafe , finners of either sex , Tranfgrefs what laws they may . Well dreffed , well bred , Well equipaged , is ticket good enough To pass us readily through every door . Hypocrify , deteft her as we may , ( And no man's hatred ever ...
... fafe , finners of either sex , Tranfgrefs what laws they may . Well dreffed , well bred , Well equipaged , is ticket good enough To pass us readily through every door . Hypocrify , deteft her as we may , ( And no man's hatred ever ...
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... fafe . One fheltered hare Has never heard the fanguinary yell Of cruel man , exulting in her woes . Innocent partner of my peaceful home , Whom ten long years ' experience of my care Has made at laft familiar ; the has loft Much of her ...
... fafe . One fheltered hare Has never heard the fanguinary yell Of cruel man , exulting in her woes . Innocent partner of my peaceful home , Whom ten long years ' experience of my care Has made at laft familiar ; the has loft Much of her ...
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... fafe diftance , where the dying found Falls a foft murmur on the uninjured ear . Thus fitting , and furveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I feem advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height , That liberates and ...
... fafe diftance , where the dying found Falls a foft murmur on the uninjured ear . Thus fitting , and furveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I feem advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height , That liberates and ...
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... fafe ; men did not watch To invade another's right , or guard their own . Then fleep was undisturbed by fear , unscared By drunken howlings ; and the chilling tale Of midnight murder was a wonder heard With doubtful credit , told to ...
... fafe ; men did not watch To invade another's right , or guard their own . Then fleep was undisturbed by fear , unscared By drunken howlings ; and the chilling tale Of midnight murder was a wonder heard With doubtful credit , told to ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
becauſe beft beneath caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defign delight diftant dream earth eaſe elfe eſcape facred fafe faft fame fave fcene fcorn fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fide figh fight filent fince firft fleep flower fmiles foft fome fong foon foul fpirits ftands ftill ftorm ftream ftroke fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature Nebaioth never once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchool ſeem ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſmooth ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand treaſure truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 36 - 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 35 - My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Página 214 - 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 206 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 37 - 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 217 - 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. Thy saints proclaim thee king ; and in their hearts Thy title is engraven with a pen Dipp'd in the fountain of eternal love.
Página 118 - Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild, Soothed with a waking dream of houses, towers, Trees, churches, and strange visages expressed In the red cinders, while with poring eye I gazed, myself creating what I saw.
Página 185 - The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Página 329 - And swing his rump around. His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear, But most before approaching showers Or when a storm drew near. Eight years and five round-rolling moons He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, And every night at play. I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
Página 13 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...