 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...doubled long. Thou know'et my praise of nature most sincere, And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp, But genuine,...it blew , While Admiration, feeding at the eye, And Hill unsated, dwelt upon the scene. Thence, with what pleasure we just discern 'd The distant plough... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...inspire, — Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long. Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere, 150 And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve...our pace Has slacken'd to a pause, and we have borne 155 The ruffling wind scarce conscious that it blew, While admiration feeding at the eye, And still... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...inspire, — Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long. Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere, 150 And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve...our pace Has slacken'd to a pause, and we have borne 155 The ruffling wind scarce conscious that it blew, While admiration feeding at the eye, And still... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...request. Alas ! in too much request with some peo* " How oft, upon yon eminence, our pace Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne The ruffling wind, scarce...the scene. Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow moving, and, beside His labouring team, that swerved not from the... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1836 - 384 pages
...well tried virtues, could alone inspire ; Witness a joy, that thou hast doubted long ! Thou knowest 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... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1836 - 388 pages
...well tried virtues, could alone inspire ; Witness a joy, that tbou hast doubted long ! Thou knowest 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...partner of them all. How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to a pause, and we have borne 155 The ruffling wind scarce conscious that it blew, While...the scene. Thence with what pleasure have we just discern 'd The distant plough slow-moving, and beside 160 His labouring team, that swerved not from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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,... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...nature. One of the most perfect passages in the Task is only a reminiscence of a favourite walk : " How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slacken'd to...the scene ! Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow moving, and beside His lab'ring team that swerv'd not from the track... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1838 - 400 pages
...Of these, the most beautiful is the following:— How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has slackened to a pause, and we have borne The ruffling wind, scarce...the scene ! Thence with what pleasure have we just observed The distant plough slow-moving, and beside His labouring team that swerved not from the track,... | |
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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. 
