 To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes, was never meant my task : But I can feel thy fortunes, and partake Thy joys and sorrows, with as true a heart As any thund'rer there.  Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 176by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Nationalism - 1805 - 224 pages
...nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall he constrained to love thee. Tho" thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs." The same ideas are expressed, with less dignity perhaps, but with equal beauty, by that child of Nature,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - English poetry - 1805 - 216 pages
...wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flow'r, for wanner France With all her vines; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs." COWPEK'S TASK, p. 56. ON LEAVING A PLACE OF RESIDENCE. • HOPE: F. 141. L. 9. That held in her right... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime • Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flow'r, for warmer France Wlflf all her Vines : nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle how'rs. To shatoe-thy' senate,. and from heights suhlime Of patriot elotyieride to flash down fire... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...found, Shall be constraint to love thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd 210 With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither' d by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies,...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs. f To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be cohstrain'd to love thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...left, Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constraint to love thee. Though thy climi Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...ask of him, Or ask of whomsoever he has taught ; And learn, though late, the genuine cause of all. England, with all thy faults, I love thee still—...groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes,... | |
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