The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Pàgina 23
... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in Virtue's lap her just reward ...
... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in Virtue's lap her just reward ...
Pàgina 27
... , for his good design'd , She rears her favourite man of all mankind . His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportion'd well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well lodged TABLE TALK . 27.
... , for his good design'd , She rears her favourite man of all mankind . His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportion'd well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well lodged TABLE TALK . 27.
Pàgina 29
... freedom undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake : Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . VOL . I. D O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's TABLE TALK . 29.
... freedom undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake : Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . VOL . I. D O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's TABLE TALK . 29.
Pàgina 42
... mankind ; And , as the Sun in rising beauty dress'd , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
... mankind ; And , as the Sun in rising beauty dress'd , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
Pàgina 43
... Mankind , to share in the divine delight ; Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of Vanity a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind ...
... Mankind , to share in the divine delight ; Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of Vanity a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind ...
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ANGELES beams beneath bids blasphemy bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast CALIFORN call'd charms Cowper dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Eartham Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy heart Heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin labour land learn'd light LOS ANGELES lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature never night o'er Olney once Parnassian pass'd peace pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wisdom zeal