The village curate, and other poems1810 |
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... honour which we could not have pre- sumed to solicit , is rendered yet more honourable and more gratifying to us by the spontaneous offer of it . The benevolent and gracious condescen- sion which suggested that offer inspires us with ...
... honour which we could not have pre- sumed to solicit , is rendered yet more honourable and more gratifying to us by the spontaneous offer of it . The benevolent and gracious condescen- sion which suggested that offer inspires us with ...
Էջ vii
... honour in our power to his memory ; for all of us have had abundant reason to contem- plate the endearing character of the protector we have lost , with indelible gratitude and vene- ration . But it is not my intention to indulge myself ...
... honour in our power to his memory ; for all of us have had abundant reason to contem- plate the endearing character of the protector we have lost , with indelible gratitude and vene- ration . But it is not my intention to indulge myself ...
Էջ xxix
... honour'd name ; To charm his fancy with thy woodland lay , To share his friendship , and partake his fame . Nor didst thou wake thy heavenly harp in vain : Though cold's the hand that strung th ' immortal lyre , Still soft Compassion ...
... honour'd name ; To charm his fancy with thy woodland lay , To share his friendship , and partake his fame . Nor didst thou wake thy heavenly harp in vain : Though cold's the hand that strung th ' immortal lyre , Still soft Compassion ...
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... honours not his own ? Give me the steed Whose noble efforts bore the prize away ; I care not for his grandsire or his dam : Be thine the nag of admirable port , Which , spare and sinewless , still lags behind ; I ask him not , though ...
... honours not his own ? Give me the steed Whose noble efforts bore the prize away ; I care not for his grandsire or his dam : Be thine the nag of admirable port , Which , spare and sinewless , still lags behind ; I ask him not , though ...
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... honours of the vale Be shed , the blossom nipt , and the bare branch Howl dreary music in the ear of Winter . Yet let us live , and , while we may , rejoice , And not our present joy disturb with thought Of evils sure to come , and by ...
... honours of the vale Be shed , the blossom nipt , and the bare branch Howl dreary music in the ear of Winter . Yet let us live , and , while we may , rejoice , And not our present joy disturb with thought Of evils sure to come , and by ...
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Adriano Alcanor Anna applaud bard beauty behold Bishopstone blossom blush bosom breeze brow CANZONET charms cheek cheerful child cloud dance dance with grace dear death deeds delight door E'en earth esteem ev'ning ev'ry feel fill'd flow'r Fred'ric gentle Gilbert give grace grave grief hand happy hast hear heard heart Heav'n Hebe honour hour Isabel JAMES HURDIS laugh live look loud lov'd Magdalen College maid Maria moon morning muse never night o'er pain peace pleas'd poison'd pow'r Ronsart rose round scarce shed shore silent sing sisters sleep smile song soon Sophia sorrow soul steal stood storm sweet taught tears thee thine thou thought thro toil tongue Twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD vale vex'd VILLAGE CURATE virtue wakeful eye walk weep William Cowper William Hayley wood ye fair youth
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Էջ 113 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Էջ 43 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Էջ 33 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.
Էջ 113 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Էջ xxiii - Shakspeare, occasioned by reading Mr. Malone's Essay on the chronological Order of those celebrated Pieces* Mr.
Էջ 18 - s destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy why it sleeps Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off?
Էջ 135 - Then to town Hies the gay spark, for futile purposes, And deeds my bashful muse disclaims to name ; From town to college, till a fresh supply Sends him again from college up to town. The tedious interval, the mace and cue, The tennis-court and racket, the slow lounge From street to street, the badger-hunt, the race, The raffle, the excursion, and the dance, Ices and soups, dice, and the bet at whist, Serve well enough to fill. Grievous...
Էջ 40 - But mark with how peculiar grace yon wood, That clothes the weary steep, waves in the breeze Her sea of leaves ; thither we turn our steps, And by the way attend the cheerful sound Of woodland harmony, that always fills The merry vale between.
Էջ xxvi - Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine. To thee no sculptur'd tomb could prove so dear. As the fond tribute of a sister's tear ; For earth, who shelters in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the mortal race, No heart in all that multitude has known, Whose love fraternal could surpass thy own.
Էջ 19 - Oh ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip of youth Breathe per'fumes exquisite. Expect it not, Ye who till noon upon a down-bed lie, Indulging feverish sleep ; or wakeful, dream Of happiness no mortal heart has felt, But in the regions of romance'.