BOOK II.—THE TIMEPIECE. OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Might never reach me more ! My ear... Poems ...di William Cowper - 1885 - 334 pagineVisualizzazione estratti - Informazioni su questo libro
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pagine
...gives the fair, Sweet smiles, and bloom, less transient than her own. NO. 94. RETREAT FROM WICKEDNESSOH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1833 - 274 pagine
...whomsoever he has taught; COWPIR. SECTION XI. Indignant Sentiments on National Prejudices, Slavery, 4* OH, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1833 - 120 pagine
...sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord! in my view let both united be; 8. Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. 9. The evening was glorious, and light through the trees Played the sunshine... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1833 - 120 pagine
...moment as it flies. Lord! in my view let both united be; I live in pleasure when I live to thee. 8. Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. 9. The evening was glorious, and light through the trees Played the sunshine... | |
| William Cowper - 1833 - 166 pagine
...its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the univerO FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pain'd, 6 My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and... | |
| Selina Bunbury - 1833 - 214 pagine
...mind, he drew his hand across his forehead and exclaimed, ' Oil for a lodge in some vast wilderness, A boundless contiguity of shade ! Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful, or successful war Should never reach me more!' ' What! you, Charles, turned admirer of "The soft and piping time of pence."*... | |
| William Cox - 1833 - 330 pagine
...to have "fallen on evil days," and then will they exclaim, in the agony of their outraged quiet, " Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness! Some boundless contiguity of shade !" But, perhaps, I am mournfully anticipative. Providence grant it may be so. But no means should be... | |
| Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 566 pagine
...butchers of the human race." To these sentiments permit me to add another, iu the words of Cowper: ' O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, ' Some boundless...and deceit, ' Of unsuccessful, or successful war, ' Might never reach me more!' When I began this letter, it was ray intention to pursue those reflections... | |
| Trelawney Wentworth - 1834 - 420 pagine
...poetry, of which probably she had no idea, and dispose the mind to a semisavage state of existence, ' A lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity...Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful and successful war, Might never reach us more." We were close under the land when the report of the... | |
| Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 556 pagine
...race." To these sentiments permit me to add another, in the words of Cowper: ' O for a lodge in aome vast wilderness, ' Some boundless contiguity of shade,...and deceit, ' Of unsuccessful, or successful war, ' Might never reach me more !' When I began this letter, it was my intention to pursue those reflections... | |
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