The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1830 |
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... once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets ...
... once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets ...
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... once ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loosed . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and ...
... once ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loosed . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and ...
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... once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured ...
... once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured ...
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... once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar ...
... once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar ...
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... once- Peace to the memory of a man of worth , A man of letters , and of manners too ! Of manners sweet as Virtue always wears , When gay goodnature dresses her in smiles . He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred ; and was ...
... once- Peace to the memory of a man of worth , A man of letters , and of manners too ! Of manners sweet as Virtue always wears , When gay goodnature dresses her in smiles . He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred ; and was ...
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Página 97 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Página 34 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
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 13 - Nor less attractive is the woodland scene, Diversified with trees of every growth, Alike yet various. Here the grey smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs.
Página 254 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile...
Página 256 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies.
Página 163 - No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half...
Página 100 - The manners, customs, policy of all Pay contribution to the store he gleans ; He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Página 299 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins...
Página 8 - The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tow'r, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.