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... him as he wrote in Greece , adhering frequently to the peculiarities of his own idiom , and endeavouring to preserve his strength and energy , as well as his harmony and smoothness . POEMS . TABLE TALK . Si te fortè mea gravis.
... him as he wrote in Greece , adhering frequently to the peculiarities of his own idiom , and endeavouring to preserve his strength and energy , as well as his harmony and smoothness . POEMS . TABLE TALK . Si te fortè mea gravis.
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... Greece , in Italy he rose ; And tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their shining plumes again . A. Is genius only found in ...
... Greece , in Italy he rose ; And tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerg'd all splendour in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then show far off their shining plumes again . A. Is genius only found in ...
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... Greece and Rome This bedlam part ; and others nearer home . When Cromwell fought for pow'r , and while he reign'd The proud Protector of the pow'r he gain'd , Religion harsh , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe ...
... Greece and Rome This bedlam part ; and others nearer home . When Cromwell fought for pow'r , and while he reign'd The proud Protector of the pow'r he gain'd , Religion harsh , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe ...
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... Greece or Rome , But knowledge , such as only dungeons teach , And only sympathy like thine could reach ; That grief , sequester'd from the public stage , Might smooth her feathers , and enjoy her cage ; Speaks a divine ambition , and a ...
... Greece or Rome , But knowledge , such as only dungeons teach , And only sympathy like thine could reach ; That grief , sequester'd from the public stage , Might smooth her feathers , and enjoy her cage ; Speaks a divine ambition , and a ...
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... Greece or Rome , His happy eloquence seem'd there at home , Ambitious not to shine or to excel , But to treat justly what he lov'd so well . It moves me more perhaps than folly ought , When some green heads , as void of wit as thought ...
... Greece or Rome , His happy eloquence seem'd there at home , Ambitious not to shine or to excel , But to treat justly what he lov'd so well . It moves me more perhaps than folly ought , When some green heads , as void of wit as thought ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK beams beneath bids blest bliss blooming groves boast call'd charm'd charms courser Cowper dark dear deed delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Edmonton EDWARD THURLOW ev'ning ev'ry eyes fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace Greece hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour int'rest John Gilpin land learn'd life's light liv'd lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once pass'd peace pharisee Pine-Apples pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas VIRG virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes youth zeal
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Page 296 - It is my wedding-day, and all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, and I should dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said, "I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here — you shall go back for mine.
Page 218 - 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.
Page 289 - I do admire of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, therefore it shall be done. I am a linen-draper bold, as all the world doth know; And my good friend the calender will lend his horse to go.
Page 292 - So, Fair and softly ! John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Page 219 - 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 ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 227 - 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 Nose put his spectacles on, By daylight or candlelight — Eyes should be shut...
Page 218 - 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.
Page 72 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about, the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and, at night, Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Page 219 - 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. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man , Oh , had I the wings of a dove , How soon would I taste you again!
Page 219 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared.