Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 22
Page viii
Thomas Gray. COWPER'S POEMS : The Diverting History of John Gilpin On a Grasshopper The Rose PAGE 59 69 70 The Doves Ode to Apollo 71 · 73 The Dog and the Water Lily The Shrubbery · The Negro's Complaint Pity for Poor Africans The ...
Thomas Gray. COWPER'S POEMS : The Diverting History of John Gilpin On a Grasshopper The Rose PAGE 59 69 70 The Doves Ode to Apollo 71 · 73 The Dog and the Water Lily The Shrubbery · The Negro's Complaint Pity for Poor Africans The ...
Page xix
... Gilpin , " both of which were in- spired by Lady Austen , a fascinating person with whom Cowper had lately become acquainted . These volumes , and especially the second , had a powerful effect upon the literary tastes of the time , and ...
... Gilpin , " both of which were in- spired by Lady Austen , a fascinating person with whom Cowper had lately become acquainted . These volumes , and especially the second , had a powerful effect upon the literary tastes of the time , and ...
Page 57
... honor keep , Nor fear the rocks , nor seek the shore : The star of Brunswick smiles serene , And gilds the horrors of the deep . " 85 90 90 COWPER'S POEMS THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN SHOWING HOW ODE FOR MUSIC 57.
... honor keep , Nor fear the rocks , nor seek the shore : The star of Brunswick smiles serene , And gilds the horrors of the deep . " 85 90 90 COWPER'S POEMS THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN SHOWING HOW ODE FOR MUSIC 57.
Page 59
... GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown , A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town . John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear , " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years , yet we No holiday have seen . " To ...
... GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown , A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town . John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear , " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years , yet we No holiday have seen . " To ...
Page 60
... Gilpin , " That's well said , And for that wine is dear , We will be furnished with our own , Which is both bright and clear . " John Gilpin kissed his loving wife ; O'erjoyed was he to find , That though on pleasure she was bent , She ...
... Gilpin , " That's well said , And for that wine is dear , We will be furnished with our own , Which is both bright and clear . " John Gilpin kissed his loving wife ; O'erjoyed was he to find , That though on pleasure she was bent , She ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote