The village curate, and other poems1810 |
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... laughing loud , and now with surly heel Stamping the boot - ask him , I say , if drink Be not the soul of labour ... laugh Which shakes the very roof , at ev'ry pause Of the loud song with Stentrophonic voice Lustily brayed ? Or you ...
... laughing loud , and now with surly heel Stamping the boot - ask him , I say , if drink Be not the soul of labour ... laugh Which shakes the very roof , at ev'ry pause Of the loud song with Stentrophonic voice Lustily brayed ? Or you ...
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... laugh away a portion of my days , And give to mirth her song , to sport her feather : But he who draws his wit to stab at truth , And is the friend of folly when he smiles , Has liv'd too long . Ne'er be my trifling muse Virtue's ...
... laugh away a portion of my days , And give to mirth her song , to sport her feather : But he who draws his wit to stab at truth , And is the friend of folly when he smiles , Has liv'd too long . Ne'er be my trifling muse Virtue's ...
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... laugh And yet approve ; and I your pains applaud , Though short of excellence . I love the maid Who has ambition , and betrays a mind Of active and ingenious turn ; who scorns Only to know what fashion and the age Require , and can do ...
... laugh And yet approve ; and I your pains applaud , Though short of excellence . I love the maid Who has ambition , and betrays a mind Of active and ingenious turn ; who scorns Only to know what fashion and the age Require , and can do ...
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... Laugh in the rear of Winter , and put on Her gay apparel to begin anew The wanton year . See where apace she comes As fair , as young , as brisk , as when from Heav'n Before the Founder of the world she tripp'd To Paradise rejoicing ...
... Laugh in the rear of Winter , and put on Her gay apparel to begin anew The wanton year . See where apace she comes As fair , as young , as brisk , as when from Heav'n Before the Founder of the world she tripp'd To Paradise rejoicing ...
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... laugh . The sacred spot the superstitious ewe Regards , and bites it not in reverence . Anon the drowsy clock tolls one - the cock His clarion sounds , the dance breaks off , the lights Are quench'd , the music hush'd , they speed away ...
... laugh . The sacred spot the superstitious ewe Regards , and bites it not in reverence . Anon the drowsy clock tolls one - the cock His clarion sounds , the dance breaks off , the lights Are quench'd , the music hush'd , they speed away ...
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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'.