The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse , Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
... Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse , Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
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... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
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... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain❜d a nerve ...
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain❜d a nerve ...
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... Fancy , that from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours dipp'd in heaven , that never die ; A soul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in the characters that form mankind ; And , as the sun in rising beauty dress'd , 18 TABLE TALK .
... Fancy , that from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours dipp'd in heaven , that never die ; A soul exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd in the characters that form mankind ; And , as the sun in rising beauty dress'd , 18 TABLE TALK .
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... Fancy has sported all her powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . ' Twere new indeed to see a bard , all fire , Touch ...
... Fancy has sported all her powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . ' Twere new indeed to see a bard , all fire , Touch ...
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bard beauty beneath blest boast breath call'd cause charms Christian Cowper dear delight divine Dr Johnson dread dream e'en earth Eartham ease ev'ry eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope human John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour Lady land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind muse Nature Nebaioth never NOTE numbers nymph o'er OLNEY HYMNS once Parnassian peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise prove rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sublime sweet taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler true truth Twas verse vex'd virtue Voltaire waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth youth
Popular passages
Page 333 - 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 498 - OH ! for a closer walk with God ; A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 499 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 433 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 381 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. 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. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 489 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.
Page 485 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 487 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Page 487 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away.
Page 187 - FOB 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.