Cowper: The didactic poems of 1782 with selections from the minor pieces, A.D. 1779-1783Clarendon Press, 1874 |
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Strana xiii
... Christian Cowper . He ' could not but speak . ' His ' heart was hot within him ; and while he mused the fire kindled , till at the last he spake with his tongue . ' He was a very John Baptist in ' the manly fearlessness with which he ...
... Christian Cowper . He ' could not but speak . ' His ' heart was hot within him ; and while he mused the fire kindled , till at the last he spake with his tongue . ' He was a very John Baptist in ' the manly fearlessness with which he ...
Strana xviii
... Christianity , that any virtuous heathen might have felt himself perfectly at home in the preaching - houses of Christians . And this dull formalism was too often accompanied with a general laxity of principles and life , which was not ...
... Christianity , that any virtuous heathen might have felt himself perfectly at home in the preaching - houses of Christians . And this dull formalism was too often accompanied with a general laxity of principles and life , which was not ...
Strana xix
... Christians , excites in such persons the idea of Methodism , which includes in it those of enthusiasm and nonsense . A writer on whom God has bestowed superior talents , commands their respect and attention : he will meet them on their ...
... Christians , excites in such persons the idea of Methodism , which includes in it those of enthusiasm and nonsense . A writer on whom God has bestowed superior talents , commands their respect and attention : he will meet them on their ...
Strana xx
... Christianity , ' but as the Bard of Nature , It was not on account of his religion , but in spite of his religion , that he was hailed by them as a true man and a great poet . Nor shall we be doing justice to the independence of ...
... Christianity , ' but as the Bard of Nature , It was not on account of his religion , but in spite of his religion , that he was hailed by them as a true man and a great poet . Nor shall we be doing justice to the independence of ...
Strana xxi
... heathen , inasmuch as it is not of faith , ' is sin . Against this he affirms the truth , that good is good all over the world , and that the good Spirit of God is the common source whence heathen and Christian men alike draw all their.
... heathen , inasmuch as it is not of faith , ' is sin . Against this he affirms the truth , that good is good all over the world , and that the good Spirit of God is the common source whence heathen and Christian men alike draw all their.
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Strana 178 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more ! My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? Oh tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Strana 228 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Strana 177 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Strana 8 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them." Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes : But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave., solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but — " That, whenever the...
Strana 178 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Strana 186 - Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Strana 182 - Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name, Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Strana 126 - Discourse may want an animated — No, To brush the surface, and to make it flow ; But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. The mark, at which my juster aim I take, Is contradiction for its own dear sake.
Strana xlii - Unmixed with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; Thou art the nurse of Virtue ; in thine arms She smiles, appearing, as in truth she is, Heaven-born, and destined to the skies again.
Strana 211 - Coasting the Tyrrhene shore, as the winds listed, On Circe's island fell. (Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovelling swine...