The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poemsFraser & Company, 1835 |
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... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis or abuse ; Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say to what bar amenable were man ? With nought in charge , he could betray no trust ...
... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis or abuse ; Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say to what bar amenable were man ? With nought in charge , he could betray no trust ...
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... youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in th ' excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ; Oh , what a dying , dying close was there ...
... youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in th ' excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ; Oh , what a dying , dying close was there ...
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... youth , and made him fresh and fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven'son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockeys take a ...
... youth , and made him fresh and fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven'son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockeys take a ...
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... youth , Το purge and skim away the filth of vice , That , so refined , it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his heart , was worthy of thine own . Now , while the poison all high life pervades ...
... youth , Το purge and skim away the filth of vice , That , so refined , it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his heart , was worthy of thine own . Now , while the poison all high life pervades ...
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... youth , obedient to his sire's commands , Sets off a wand'rer into foreign lands : Surprised at all they meet , the gosling pair , With awkward gait , stretch'd neck , and silly stare , Discover huge cathedrals built with stone , And ...
... youth , obedient to his sire's commands , Sets off a wand'rer into foreign lands : Surprised at all they meet , the gosling pair , With awkward gait , stretch'd neck , and silly stare , Discover huge cathedrals built with stone , And ...
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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.