Poems, Volume 2R. & W. A. Bartow, J. Robinson, printer, 1819 - English poetry |
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... , forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And 28 THE TASK .
... , forbids all growth Of wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And 28 THE TASK .
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... prove its use Sov'reign and most effectual to secure A form , not now gymnastick as of yore , From rickets and distoration , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks ...
... prove its use Sov'reign and most effectual to secure A form , not now gymnastick as of yore , From rickets and distoration , else our lot . But thus admonish'd , we can walk erect- One proof at least of manhood ! while the friend Sticks ...
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... Bet frantick , who thus spend it ? all for smoke- Eternity for bubbles proves at last A senseless bargain . When I see such games Play'd by the creatures of a Pow'r , who swears That he will judge the earth , and call the 72 THE TASK .
... Bet frantick , who thus spend it ? all for smoke- Eternity for bubbles proves at last A senseless bargain . When I see such games Play'd by the creatures of a Pow'r , who swears That he will judge the earth , and call the 72 THE TASK .
Page 73
... prove it in the infallible result So hollow and so false - 1 feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the conscience , but it sleeps , While thoughtful ...
... prove it in the infallible result So hollow and so false - 1 feel my heart Dissolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the conscience , but it sleeps , While thoughtful ...
Page 88
... Cannot indeed to guilty man restore Lost innocence , or cancel follies past ; But it has peace , and much secures the mind From all assaults of evil ; proving still A faithful barrier , not o'erleap'd with ease By vicious 88 THE TASK .
... Cannot indeed to guilty man restore Lost innocence , or cancel follies past ; But it has peace , and much secures the mind From all assaults of evil ; proving still A faithful barrier , not o'erleap'd with ease By vicious 88 THE TASK .
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beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death deem delight design'd distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy Fantastick fear feed feel fieldfare flow'rs folly form'd give glory grace grave hand happy heard heart Heav'n honour hope human insects wing instinet John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL king labour learn'd less liberty liv'd live lost lyre magick mind mischief mounted best musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures plebeian pow'r praise proud prove publick rest rude sacred scene seek seem'd sensual world shine skies sleep smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wisely store worth
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Page 48 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 248 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Page 152 - ... all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
Page 148 - The oppressor holds His body bound ; but knows not what a range His spirit takes, unconscious of a chain ; And that to bind him is a vain attempt, Whom God delights in, and in whom he dwells.
Page 50 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ! and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Page 155 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 178 - Whose fire was kindled at the prophets' lamp, The time of rest, the promised Sabbath comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world. And what remains Of this tempestuous state of human things, Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest.
Page 70 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 42 - And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Did not His eye rule all things, and intend The least of our concerns, (since from the least The greatest oft originate,) could chance Find place in his dominion, or dispose One lawless particle to thwart His plan, Then God might be surprised, and unforeseen Contingence might alarm him, and disturb The smooth and equal course of His affairs.
Page 38 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.