PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 14
... sound , And truth cut short , to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem tank and long , To him ...
... sound , And truth cut short , to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem tank and long , To him ...
Page 23
... sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod ...
... sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod ...
Page 24
William Cowper. Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your Grace ? No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last , What atheists call him - a ...
William Cowper. Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your Grace ? No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last , What atheists call him - a ...
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... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless bliss ...
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited , and would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless bliss ...
Page 55
... his thigh in vain ; Pleasure is deaf when told of future pain , And sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute : They scorn'd his inspiration and his theme , Pronounced him EXPOSTULATION . 55.
... his thigh in vain ; Pleasure is deaf when told of future pain , And sounds prophetic are too rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute : They scorn'd his inspiration and his theme , Pronounced him EXPOSTULATION . 55.
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth