| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 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...own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the... | |
| William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ninfir, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; VoL. II. 10 No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle tan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 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,...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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pages
...dispersed by daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts, that the lowly roof...long uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stopt short before these gates . No powdered pert proficient in the art Vol.. II K Of sounding an alarm... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...b'y day-light and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyment, home born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterupteu evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient... | |
| 1821 - 656 pages
...circle sacred from their intrusion. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder'd, pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings — This, however, is the abuse of the passion. In the country the indulgence of it is carried to a... | |
| 1821 - 658 pages
...circle sacred from their intrusion. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder'd, pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings — This, however, is the abuse of the passion. In the country the indulgence of it is carried to a... | |
| 206 pages
...as thon art. -- I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, bomcborn happiness, Ami all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed...and the hours Of long, uninterrupted evening, know." There is, then, a cordiality in frost and snow; it sorely softens down the asperity of our nature,... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...-delights. Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, 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 Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings;... | |
| 1822 - 588 pages
...tliou, art! •••*••• I crown thec King of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evenings, know •"•••• When we may dwelt on " themes of graver tone, Exerting oft our gratitude... | |
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