The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Том 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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Страница xlvii
... they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
... they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
Страница xlviii
William Cowper. wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from above that I received it . May they receive it too ! For whether they drink it out of the cistern , or whether it falls upon them immediately from the clouds as it did ...
William Cowper. wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from above that I received it . May they receive it too ! For whether they drink it out of the cistern , or whether it falls upon them immediately from the clouds as it did ...
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... But in due time the cause of his disappointment was discovered to him - He had lived without God in the world . In a me- morable hour the wisdom which is from above visited his heart . derer , and then he change xcii PREFACE .
... But in due time the cause of his disappointment was discovered to him - He had lived without God in the world . In a me- morable hour the wisdom which is from above visited his heart . derer , and then he change xcii PREFACE .
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... learn , from our example and our fate , Learn wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her TABLE TALK . 15.
... learn , from our example and our fate , Learn wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her TABLE TALK . 15.
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... and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in armies , and their courage dies ; In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; . But all they trust in withers , as it 16 TABLE TALK .
... and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in armies , and their courage dies ; In wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; . But all they trust in withers , as it 16 TABLE TALK .
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Страница xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Страница 246 - 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.
Страница 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Страница 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Страница xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.