William Cowper ( 10 of 184 )
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.
Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains,
Which only poets know.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains,
Which only poets know.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
While fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
While fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.
Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.
A business with an income at its heels.
A business with an income at its heels.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust
Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
And truth disclaiming both.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust
Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
And truth disclaiming both.
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
