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... Heav'n , that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
... Heav'n , that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
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... Heav'n all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedg'd between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
... Heav'n all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedg'd between Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ ...
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... Heav'n would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely brac'd And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
... Heav'n would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely brac'd And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
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... Heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
... Heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
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... Heav'n.- So fare we in this prisonhouse the World ; And ' tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then BOOK II ...
... Heav'n.- So fare we in this prisonhouse the World ; And ' tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then BOOK II ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms creature dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream Earth ease ev'n ev'ry ev'ry night fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human labour learn'd less liberty life's live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud Puss quake rapture rest rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine sigh silent clock skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas Virg virtue walnut shade waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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Page 198 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us ! ' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 277 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Page 105 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 34 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 48 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 33 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. It does not feel for man; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax, That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own; and having pow'r T' enforce the wrong for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
Page 106 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, . And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Page 277 - Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes ; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may ; Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in Heaven, though little noticed here.
Page 33 - OH for 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.
Page 107 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out ; And the clear voice, symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still, Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.