Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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... man mark the fleeting hour , T And Death's own sithe would better speak his pow'r Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulderknot and gay cockade o ༣ Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The TABLE TALK .
... man mark the fleeting hour , T And Death's own sithe would better speak his pow'r Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulderknot and gay cockade o ༣ Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The TABLE TALK .
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... pow'r of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reas'ning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting it's proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so say , rather , they for ...
... pow'r of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reas'ning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting it's proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so say , rather , they for ...
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... pow'r maintains 500 A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , arT And move the lips of poets cast in lead . #f B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however ...
... pow'r maintains 500 A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , arT And move the lips of poets cast in lead . #f B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however ...
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... pow'r The crisis of a dark decisive hourly tud Fonide So Gideon earn'd a viet'ry not his own p hơn sH Subserviency his praise , and that alone . rojs¡V bmA Poor England ! thou art a devoted deerA Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fearai ...
... pow'r The crisis of a dark decisive hourly tud Fonide So Gideon earn'd a viet'ry not his own p hơn sH Subserviency his praise , and that alone . rojs¡V bmA Poor England ! thou art a devoted deerA Beset with ev'ry ill but that of fearai ...
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... Fire indignation and a sense of scorn , JA I * a * nk bqA The strings are swept with such a pow'r , so loud , I The storm of music shakes th ' astonish'd crowd.T So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen 18 TABLE TALK .
... Fire indignation and a sense of scorn , JA I * a * nk bqA The strings are swept with such a pow'r , so loud , I The storm of music shakes th ' astonish'd crowd.T So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen 18 TABLE TALK .
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beams beneath bids blest bliss boast call'd charms courser dear delight design'd divine docet dream Earth Edmonton errour ev'n ev'ry eyes fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fools form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast hear heart Heav'n heav'nly hope hour int'rest John Gilpin joys land light Lincoln's Inn Fields lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature never o'er once pass'd peace pharisee pity plain pleasure poet poet's poor pow'r praise pray'rs pride prove rais'd sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand strain stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom wrath YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY zeal
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Page 325 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 319 - He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Page 227 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 226 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 277 - Sighs must fan it, tears must water, Sweat of ours must dress the soil. Think, ye masters iron-hearted, Lolling at your jovial boards ; Think how many backs have smarted For the sweets your cane affords.
Page 171 - The scene of all those sorrows left behind, Sought their own village, busied as they went In musings worthy of the great event : They spake of him they loved, of him whose life, Though blameless, had incurr'd perpetual strife, Whose deeds had left, in spite of hostile arts, A deep memorial graven on their hearts.
Page 319 - John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
Page 278 - Deem our nation brutes no longer, Till some reason ye shall find Worthier of regard, and stronger Than the colour of our kind. Slaves of gold, whose sordid dealings Tarnish all your boasted powers, Prove that you have human feelings, Ere you proudly question ours ! PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS.
Page 122 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible was sincere ; Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 227 - I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.