 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his...morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his siay, Down to the rosy west; but kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social "onverse... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...slippery way, 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou boldest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his...daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights,1 Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 304 pages
...thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art! Thou boldest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, 130 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And...added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, 135 And gathering, at short notice, in one group, The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 320 pages
...thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art! Thou boldest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, 130 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And...added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, 135 And gathering, at short notice, in one group, The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 352 pages
...thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art! Thou boldest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, 130 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And...added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, 135 And gathering, at short notice, in one group, The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 pages
...Than those of age, thy forehead wrapped in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne 125 . 'Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And...added hours Of social ^converse and instructive ease, 135 And gathering, at short notice, in one group, The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 pages
...thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art! Thou holdest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, 130 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And...him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west Abut kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, 135... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sun ls. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I stiU Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1877 - 560 pages
...slippery way, 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seera'st, And dreaded as thon art ! Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his...and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Dowu to the rosy west No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powdered pert, proficient... | |
 | William Cowper - 1878 - 286 pages
...slippery way. I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his...group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not lesa dispersed by daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments,... | |
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Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating... 
