Poems, Volume 1C. and C. Whittingham ... ; sold by Thomas Tegg ..., R. Jennings ..., and Richard Griffin and Company, 1824 - English poetry |
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... lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every ...
... lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every ...
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... lyre in such a careless mood , And so disdain'd the rules he understood , The laurel seem'd to wait on his command ; He snatch'd it rudely from the Muse's hand . Nature , exerting an unwearied power , Forms , opens , and gives scent to ...
... lyre in such a careless mood , And so disdain'd the rules he understood , The laurel seem'd to wait on his command ; He snatch'd it rudely from the Muse's hand . Nature , exerting an unwearied power , Forms , opens , and gives scent to ...
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... lyre , And tell the world , still kindling as he sung , With more than mortal music on his tongue , That He , who died below , and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile ...
... lyre , And tell the world , still kindling as he sung , With more than mortal music on his tongue , That He , who died below , and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile ...
Page 99
... lyre ; From her the canvass borrows light and shade , And verse , more lasting , hues that never fade . She guides the finger o'er the dancing keys , Gives difficulty all the grace of ease , And pours a torrent of sweet notes around ...
... lyre ; From her the canvass borrows light and shade , And verse , more lasting , hues that never fade . She guides the finger o'er the dancing keys , Gives difficulty all the grace of ease , And pours a torrent of sweet notes around ...
Page 137
... lyre on which an artist plays , With rash and awkward force the chords he shakes , And grins with wonder at the jar he makes ; But let the wise and well instructed hand Once take the shell beneath his just command , In gentle sounds it ...
... lyre on which an artist plays , With rash and awkward force the chords he shakes , And grins with wonder at the jar he makes ; But let the wise and well instructed hand Once take the shell beneath his just command , In gentle sounds it ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Cheapside CHISWICK courser dark dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream Druids e'en earth Edmonton eyes fair fancy fast fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory GLOWWORM God's grace hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly hope hour JOHN GILPIN labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mind Muse Nature never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas verse virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom zeal