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... deep impression on his young mind . Fifty years afterwards , on receiving her picture , he dwells as fondly on the cherished features as if he had just mourned her death . He writes to his cousin , Mrs Bodham , who had sent him the ...
... deep impression on his young mind . Fifty years afterwards , on receiving her picture , he dwells as fondly on the cherished features as if he had just mourned her death . He writes to his cousin , Mrs Bodham , who had sent him the ...
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... a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute and hateful school Of wantonness , where vice was taught by rule . Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With 12 COWPER'S POEMS .
... a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute and hateful school Of wantonness , where vice was taught by rule . Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With 12 COWPER'S POEMS .
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William Cowper. Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With brutal lust as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauch'd their age : Nor ceased till , ever anxious to redress The ...
William Cowper. Swarm'd with a scribbling herd , as deep inlaid With brutal lust as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauch'd their age : Nor ceased till , ever anxious to redress The ...
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... deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense ; The precept , that enjoins him abstinence , Forbids him none but the licentious joy , Whose fruit , though ...
... deep in what he longs for , and yet curst With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense ; The precept , that enjoins him abstinence , Forbids him none but the licentious joy , Whose fruit , though ...
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... deep impressions , wear away ; So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till Cęsar's image is effaced at last . The breach , though small at first , soon opening wide ; In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome ...
... deep impressions , wear away ; So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till Cęsar's image is effaced at last . The breach , though small at first , soon opening wide ; In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome ...
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Art thou bard beauty beneath blest boast Boötes breast breath call'd cause charms dear death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy Faunus fear feel fill'd fire fix'd flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace groves hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly honour hope labour learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind mounted best muse nature Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain palęstra peace Phoebus pleasure praise prayer prove rapture rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas verse vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wisely store wonder worth youth
Popular passages
Page 234 - Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Page 277 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 316 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 165 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on. each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 234 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 164 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Page 121 - Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Page 150 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 315 - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes...
Page 192 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.