 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
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...found, Shall be constrain'd to love thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, aud thy year most part deform 'd 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 - 1819 - 306 pages
...the Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy \ ear most part deform 'd With dripping rains, or withcr'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies,...all her vines: nor for Ausonia's groves Of Golden ti'uitage, and her myrtile bow'rs. To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime °f Pa!riot eloquence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...a Trust, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies. And fields without a flow'r, for warmer Franca With all her vines : nor for Ausonia's 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,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...eye-salve; 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, 1 would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...rains, or wither'd 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 bow'rs. Lines of the tender and benevolent Cowper, which I here insert, in order to put us again in good humour... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...rains, or wither'd 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 bow'rs. Lines of the tender and benevolent Cowper, which I here insert, in order to put us again in good humour... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...rains, or wither'd 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 - 1824 - 450 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 tire Upon thy foes,... | |
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