On Receipt Of My Mother’s Picture (William Cowper Poems)
Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips ...
Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips ...
(Exodus, xv.26) Heal us, Emmanuel! here we are, Waiting to feel Thy touch: Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair And, Saviour, ...
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon ...
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon ...
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend ...
Ere on my bed my limbs I lay, It hath not been my use to pray With moving lips or ...
PART I 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock And the owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu-whit!- ...
Then call me traitor if you must, Shout reason and default! Say I betray a sacred trust Aching beyond this ...
"Lord, being dark," I said, "I cannot bear The further touch of earth, the scented air; Lord, being dark, forewilled ...
Sent to a friend who had complained that I was glad enough to see him when he came, but didn't ...
Love, indeed thy strength is mighty Thus, alone, such strife to bear -- Three 'gainst one, and never ceasing -- ...
Fair was the evening and brightly the sun Was shining on desert and grove, Sweet were the breezes and balmy ...
Belov'd of all to whom that Muse is dear Who hid her spirit of rapture from the Greek, Whereby our ...
Perfect little body, without fault or stain on thee, With promise of strength and manhood full and fair! Though cold ...
Unflinching hero, watchful to foresee And face thy country's peril wheresoe'er, Directing war and peace with equal care, Till by ...
'Twas at that hour of beauty when the setting sun squandereth his cloudy bed with rosy hues, to flood his ...
NOT in scorn do I reprove thee, Not in pride thy vows I waive, But, believe, I could not love ...
BUT two miles more, and then we rest ! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the ...
When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost and ready to despair, ...
I am the only being whose doom No tongue would ask no eye would mourn I never caused a thought ...
I know it's a bad title but I'm giving it to myself as a gift on a day nearly canceled ...
Oh! could I hope the wise and pure in heart Might hear my song without a frown, nor deem My ...
Ay, thou art for the grave; thy glances shine Too brightly to shine long; another Spring Shall deck her for ...
I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise, The pain, ...
Fish (fly-replete, in depth of June, Dawdling away their wat'ry noon) Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear, Each secret fishy ...
Be still, thou unregenerate part, Disturb no more my settled heart, For I have vow'd (and so will do) Thee ...
In secret place where once I stood Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood, I heard two sisters reason on ...
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious Queen of childish joys, Who lead'st along, in airy dance, Thy votive train of ...
LARA. CANTO THE FIRST. I. The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain, And slavery half forgets her ...
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