Like homely-featured night, of clustering gems ; A star or two, just twinkling on thy brow, Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hers : not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple... The Quarterly Review - Page 216edited by - 1825Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine No less than her's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentle... | |
| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hcr's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to musick, or the poet's toil; To weaving nets for bird-alluring... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high With osten tatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift ; And, whether I devote thy gentle... | |
| 1802 - 302 pages
...the moon is thine No less than her'*, not worn indeed on high 255 With ostentatious pageantry, bnt set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent...less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : 260 And, whether I devote thy gentle... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine No less than her's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...an ampler round. Come then, and thou shall find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift: And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To boohs,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than her's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...an ampler round. Come then, and thou shall find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandenr in thy purple aone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Come then,...vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift: And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to music, or the poet's toil ; To weaving nets for bird-alluring... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...Suffices thce ; save, that the moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high, With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur, in thy purple...then, and thou shall find thy vot'ry calm, Or make him so. Composure is thy gift ; And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to music, or the poet's... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...Suffices thee; save thai the moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Cpme then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, 9 Or make me so. Composure is thy gift; afijo And,... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...Suffices thee : save that the moon is thine No less than her's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And whether I devote thy gentle... | |
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