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" I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know. "
Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery - Page 284
by William Cowper - 1826
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, 140 And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening,...rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd, pert proficient in the art 1^5 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...by day-light and its cares. I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts, that the lowly roof...assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary streds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake:...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...stop short before these gates; NM powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assanlts these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn....
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The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United, Volume 4

1809 - 612 pages
...day-light and it* cares; I crown thee king of intimate delights. Fire-side enjoyments, home-born hapSiinew, the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement,...and the hours Of long, uninterrupted evening know." Yes there are amusements to be found, without having recourse to noisy, public dissipations, in which...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 606 pages
...Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And :i!l the comforts that the lowly roof Of undjsturb'd temper d sweet to virgin grace. ' What string symphonious tremble in the air! ' What strains of vocal tr gatesj No powder'd pen, proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,...
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Poems [ed. by J. Newton]. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...doors Till the street rings; no stationary steeds. The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies it's busy task, 150 The pattern...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gate* ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted fiow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...hours Of long uninterrupled ev'ning know. No ratthng wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...fan themselves and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task ; The pattern grows; the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short hefore these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art...own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its husy task, The pattern grows, the...
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