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... means of being so , having long since sent all my books to market . My learning accordingly lies in a very narrow compass . It is school - boy learning somewhat improved , and very little more . the age of 20 to 33 , I was occupied , or ...
... means of being so , having long since sent all my books to market . My learning accordingly lies in a very narrow compass . It is school - boy learning somewhat improved , and very little more . the age of 20 to 33 , I was occupied , or ...
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... mean rank among the standard poets of his country , -an elevation not at this day attainable , without sound and prominent excellence . SOME persons have affirmed the rhyme of Cowper to be deficient in melody , and frequently prosaic ...
... mean rank among the standard poets of his country , -an elevation not at this day attainable , without sound and prominent excellence . SOME persons have affirmed the rhyme of Cowper to be deficient in melody , and frequently prosaic ...
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... , when calamity at last Suggests th ' expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a pow'r In lighter diet , at a later hour , To charm to sleep the threat'ning of the skies , 6 , BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
... , when calamity at last Suggests th ' expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a pow'r In lighter diet , at a later hour , To charm to sleep the threat'ning of the skies , 6 , BEAUTIES OF COWPER .
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... mean self - int'rest and ambition clear , Their hope in Heav'n , servility their scorn , Prompt to persuade , expostulate , and warn , Their wisdom pure , and giv'n them from above , Their usefulness ensur'd by zeal and love , As meek ...
... mean self - int'rest and ambition clear , Their hope in Heav'n , servility their scorn , Prompt to persuade , expostulate , and warn , Their wisdom pure , and giv'n them from above , Their usefulness ensur'd by zeal and love , As meek ...
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... means That may advance , but cannot hinder , thine . Nor , though he tread the secret path of life , Engage no notice , and enjoy much ease , Account him an incumbrance on the state , Receiving benefits , and rend'ring none . His sphere ...
... means That may advance , but cannot hinder , thine . Nor , though he tread the secret path of life , Engage no notice , and enjoy much ease , Account him an incumbrance on the state , Receiving benefits , and rend'ring none . His sphere ...
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Page 53 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Page 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Page 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Page 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Page 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Page 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.