The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Zväzok 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... Peace ...... 213 Human Frailty . The Modern Patriot 214 215 On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library .. ... 216 On the same ............ .. 216 The Love of the World reproved ...... 217 Page On the Death of Lady Throckmorton's ...
... Peace ...... 213 Human Frailty . The Modern Patriot 214 215 On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library .. ... 216 On the same ............ .. 216 The Love of the World reproved ...... 217 Page On the Death of Lady Throckmorton's ...
Strana xv
... peace by night ; a finger raised against me was more than I could stand against . " In this posture of mind I attended regularly at the office ; where , instead of a soul upon the rack , the most active spirits were essentially ...
... peace by night ; a finger raised against me was more than I could stand against . " In this posture of mind I attended regularly at the office ; where , instead of a soul upon the rack , the most active spirits were essentially ...
Strana xix
... peace and cordiality in all its parts , and am sure to hear no scandal , but such discourse instead of it , as we are all the better for . You remember Rousseau's description of an English morning ; such are the mornings I spend with ...
... peace and cordiality in all its parts , and am sure to hear no scandal , but such discourse instead of it , as we are all the better for . You remember Rousseau's description of an English morning ; such are the mornings I spend with ...
Strana xxvi
... 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 good humour dresses her in smiles ! He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred , and was ...
... 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 good humour dresses her in smiles ! He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred , and was ...
Strana xxvii
... peace of mind is of so delicate a constitution , that the air of London will not agree with it . You have my prayers , the only return I can make you , for your many acts of still - continued friend- ship . If you should smile , or even ...
... peace of mind is of so delicate a constitution , that the air of London will not agree with it . You have my prayers , the only return I can make you , for your many acts of still - continued friend- ship . If you should smile , or even ...
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Strana 205 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Strana 256 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Strana 243 - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
Strana 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Strana 208 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Strana xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Strana 246 - 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.
Strana 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Strana 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Strana xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.