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,... Poems - Page 78by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...volume clofied, the cuftomary rites Of the laft meal comaiencfi. A Roman meal, Such as the miftrefs of the world once found Delicious, when her patriots of high note, Perhaps by moonlight, at their humble doors, And under an" old oak's domeftic fhade Enjoyed, fpare feaft !... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...The volume clos'd, the cuftomary rites Of the laft meal commence. A Roman meal; Such as the miftrefs of the world once found Delicious, when her patriots of high note, Perhaps by moonlight, at their humble doors, And under an old oak's domeftic fhade, Enjoyed, fpare fcafl !... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...volume clos'd, the euftotnary rites, Of the latt meal commence. A Roman meal, Such as the miftrefs of the world once found . Delicious, when her patriots of high note, Perhaps, by moon,ligbt, at their humble doors, And under an old oak's domeftic fhade Eiijo) M, fpare u-all !... | |
| William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...the cuftomary rites Of the laft meal commence. A Roman meal ; VOL. II. L Such Such as the miftrefs of the world once found Delicious, when her patriots of high note, Perhaps by moonlight, at their humble doors, And under an old oak's domeftic fhade, Enjoy'd, fpare feaft !... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
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