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... ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part , That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content ...
... ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part , That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content ...
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... ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan murmur , as became the softer sex . Ingenious Fancy , never better pleas'd , Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at ...
... ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan murmur , as became the softer sex . Ingenious Fancy , never better pleas'd , Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at ...
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... ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs , inhaling and again Respiring freely the fresh air , that makes Swift pace or steep ascent no toil to me , Mine have not pilfer'd yet ; nor yet impair'd My relish of fair prospect ; scenes ...
... ease , or leaps the fence , That play of lungs , inhaling and again Respiring freely the fresh air , that makes Swift pace or steep ascent no toil to me , Mine have not pilfer'd yet ; nor yet impair'd My relish of fair prospect ; scenes ...
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... d above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound , Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The BOOK 1 . 15 THE SOFA .
... d above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound , Binds man , the Lord of all . Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The BOOK 1 . 15 THE SOFA .
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... Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scenes she draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , self ...
... Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature , and the scenes she draws , Is Nature's dictate . Strange ! there should be found , Who , self ...
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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.