 Like homely-featured night, of clustering gems ; A star or two, just twinkling on thy brow, Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hers : not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...  The Quarterly Review - Sivu 216muokkaaja - 1825Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 sivua
...modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devoir thy gentle hour* To books, to music, or the poet's toil ; To weaving nets for hird-alluring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 248 sivua
...less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set , With modest grandenr in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy vot'ry calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift; And, whether I devote thy gentle... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 sivua
...less than her's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandenr in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentler... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 sivua
...Suffices ttee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to musick, or the poet's toil ; To weaving nets for bird-alluring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 sivua
...Suffices thee ; save that the moon is thine No less than hers, noi worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...an ampler round. Come then, and thou shall find thy votary calra Or make me so. Composure is thy gift ; And, whether I devote thy gentle hour, To books,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 sivua
...Suffices thee ; save that the Moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to music, or the poet's toil ; To weaving nets for bird-alluring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 sivua
...less than hep's, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandenr in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift : And, whether I devote thy gentler... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 sivua
...Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine No less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple...less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy votary calm, Or make me so. Composure is thy gift ; And, whether I devote thy gentle... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 sivua
...thee ; save that the moon is thine Not less than her's ; not worn, indeed, on high, With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ample round. THE POST-BOY. Cowper. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn, o'er yonder bridge, That with its... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 sivua
...Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine Not less than hers, not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of an ampler round." In the following lines, which form the conclusion of a poem entitled, 'A Day in Spring,' written by... | |
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