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All our law and story strew ' d With hymns , our psalms with artful terms inscrib ' d ,
Our Hebrew songs and harps , in ... while they loudest sing The vices of their
Deities , and their own , In fable , hymn , or song , so personating Their Gods ...
All our law and story strew ' d With hymns , our psalms with artful terms inscrib ' d ,
Our Hebrew songs and harps , in ... while they loudest sing The vices of their
Deities , and their own , In fable , hymn , or song , so personating Their Gods ...
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Thee , chauntress , oft , the woods among , I woo , to hear thy even - song ; . And ,
missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth - shaven green , To behold the
wandering moon , Riding near her highest noon , ' , Like one that had been led ...
Thee , chauntress , oft , the woods among , I woo , to hear thy even - song ; . And ,
missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth - shaven green , To behold the
wandering moon , Riding near her highest noon , ' , Like one that had been led ...
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SONG . Sweet Echo , sweetest Nymph , that liv ' st unseen Within thy aery shell , .
By slow Meander ' s margent green , And in the violet - embroider ' d vale , Where
the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ; Canst ...
SONG . Sweet Echo , sweetest Nymph , that liv ' st unseen Within thy aery shell , .
By slow Meander ' s margent green , And in the violet - embroider ' d vale , Where
the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ; Canst ...
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The clasping charm , and thaw the numming spell , If she be right invok ' d in
warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such
as was herself , In hard - besetting need : this will I try , And add the power of
some ...
The clasping charm , and thaw the numming spell , If she be right invok ' d in
warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such
as was herself , In hard - besetting need : this will I try , And add the power of
some ...
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SONG ON M A Y MORA Now the bright Morning - star , day ' s harbinger , Comes
dancing from the east , and leads with her The flowery May , who from her green
lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose . Hail , bounteous May ...
SONG ON M A Y MORA Now the bright Morning - star , day ' s harbinger , Comes
dancing from the east , and leads with her The flowery May , who from her green
lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose . Hail , bounteous May ...
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Angels appear arms begin BOOK bring Brother brought cause Chorus comes dark death deeds deep delight divine doth earth enemies eyes fair fall fame father fear foes give glory Gods hand hast hath head hear heard heart Heaven hold holy honour hope keep king Lady land leave less light live look Lord lost Manoah means Milton mind morn mortal never night once peace praise present pure rest rise round Samson Satan seat seek shades shalt side sight sing song sons soon soul Spirit stand stood strength sweet tell thee things thou art thou hast thought throne thyself Till translated true truth virgin virtue voice winds wings wise wonder wood
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Page 182 - The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 200 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Page 192 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 197 - There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on the earth as fast. And join with thee calm Peace, and Quiet ; Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring, Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation...
Page 178 - Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.
Page 190 - Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 188 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 252 - All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree. Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring.
Page 183 - Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. Ay me ! Whilst thee the shores, and sounding Seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Page 220 - In the blind mazes of this tangled wood ? My brothers, when they saw me wearied out With this long way, resolving here to lodge Under the spreading favour of these pines...
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| Title | Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A Latin Epitaph ascribed to Milton with Cowper's opinion of it Volume 4 of Cowper's Milton, in Four Volumes, William Cowper |
| Author | William Hayley |
| Publisher | W. Mason, 1810 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Aug 2006 |
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