Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But... Poems - Page 100by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion, rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweet?p Nectareous eflences,... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange. But gay confufion, rofei for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fvverts, * Ne&areous efiehces, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feafts, and fav'rite airs, .ffitherial... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufiojt; rofes for the cheeks. And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heay'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of thetr fweets, ireous eflences,... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reff appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...dcfcants on a nation's \\ocs. The reft appears a wildernefs of dränge But gay confufion — rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Hcav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their Necbreous cfTenccs,... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feafts, and fav'rite airs, Ethereal journies,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders, lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...Sermons, and city feasts, and fav'rite airs, ^Ethereal journies, submarine exploits, And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...meiry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of llrange But gay confufiora ', rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and fav'rite airs, BEAUTIES OF COWPERi, journies, submarine exploits, .And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own... | |
| 1801 - 452 pages
...spread the pa^c, In which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us theje, With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion— roies for the checks, THE MONTHLY VISITOR. 337 And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the... | |
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