The Task, Table Talk, and Other Poems: With Critical Observations of Various Authors on His Genius and Character, and Notes, Critical and Illustrative[A.S.] Barnes, 1856 - 435 pages |
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... fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . " His humane and generous feelings : " I was born of woman , and drew milk As sweet as charity from ...
... fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . " His humane and generous feelings : " I was born of woman , and drew milk As sweet as charity from ...
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... field of nature , the scenes of domestic life , and the rich domains of moral and religious truth , are sufficiently ample for the exercise of poetic taste and fancy ; while they never fail to tranquillize the mind , to invigorate the ...
... field of nature , the scenes of domestic life , and the rich domains of moral and religious truth , are sufficiently ample for the exercise of poetic taste and fancy ; while they never fail to tranquillize the mind , to invigorate the ...
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... himself provides . Indeed , few have been disposed to deny to Cowper the high- est of all poetical titles - that of The Poet of Christianity . In this field he has but one rival , the author 26 THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF COWPER .
... himself provides . Indeed , few have been disposed to deny to Cowper the high- est of all poetical titles - that of The Poet of Christianity . In this field he has but one rival , the author 26 THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF COWPER .
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... field he has but one rival , the author of the " Paradise Lost . " And , happily , the provinces which they have chosen . for themselves within the sacred inclosure are , for the most part , so distinct , that it is scarcely necessary ...
... field he has but one rival , the author of the " Paradise Lost . " And , happily , the provinces which they have chosen . for themselves within the sacred inclosure are , for the most part , so distinct , that it is scarcely necessary ...
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... field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail , or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording ...
... field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail , or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording ...
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Page 96 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 75 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Page 225 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 346 - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Page 138 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 11 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 215 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 387 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile...
Page 327 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 217 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.