 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...doubled long. Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine,...eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause, and we have born The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew, While admiration, feeding at the eye, And still... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...doubled long. Thou knoiv'st my praise of nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine,...of them all. How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken' d to a pause, and we have born The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew, While admiration,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...doubled long. Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine,...the scene. Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving, and beside His lab'ring team, that swerv'd not from the track,... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...doubled long. Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere, 150 And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine,...eminence, our pace Has slacken'd to a pause, and we have born 155 The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew, While Admiration, feeding at the eye, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 482 pages
...well-tried virtues, could alone inspire ; Witness a joy, that thou hast doubled long ! Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere; And that my raptures...poetic pomp, But genuine, and art partner of them all. These verses would be alone sufficient to make every poetical Reader take a lively interest in the... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 102 pages
...Avestward, over three fields, the ascent is gradual to the eminence referred to by the poet in these lines, How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to...The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew. From this elevation is seen a prospect extensive in eVery direction but the north, which is bounded... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Storer, William Cowper - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1804 - 96 pages
...westward, over three fields, the ascent is gradual to the eminence referred to by the poet in these lines, How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to...The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew. From this elevation is seen a prospect extensive in every direction but the north, which is bounded... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pages
...well-tried virtues, could alone inspire ; Witness a joy that them hast doubled long ! Thou know'st my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions...poetic pomp, But genuine, and art partner of them all. These verses would be alone sufficient to make every poetical reader take a lively interest in the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...well-tried virtues, could alone inspire — Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long. Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere^ And that my raptures...of them all. How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne The ruffling wind, scarce conscious that it blew, While admiration... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...pomp, JJut genuine, and art partner of them all. How oft upon yon eminence ouv pace •-t Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne The ruffling wind, scarce...dwelt upon the scene. Thence with what pleasure have wejust discerned The distant plough slow moving', and beside Hislabouring team, that swerved not from... | |
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Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long. Thou know'st my praise of nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine, and art partner of them all. 
