 That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light,...  Works: Life and Letters - Page 35by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 pages
...shed my wings I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true,— Verse that immortalizes whom it sings ! But thou hast little...since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. x " The delight that I derived from a perfect view of the virtues, the talents, and the present domestic... | |
 | 1835 - 440 pages
...shed my wings, I nmy record thy worth, with honor due In verse as musical as thou art true — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings! But thou hast little...and bright .' There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, ehine, And since thou own' st that praise, I spare tliee mint" The following extracts from Cowper's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 pages
...shed my wings I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings ! But thou hast little...rarely look ; A chronicle of actions, just and bright ! The delight that I derived from a perfect view of the virtues, the talents, and the present domestic... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little...heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. [MAY, 1793.] KINSMAN beloved,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...I shed my wings, i may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little...since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. May, 1793. TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ. ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. KINSMAN beloved,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 pages
...shed my wings I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, Verse that immortalizes whom it sings ! But thou hast little...since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. At this time Mrs. Unwin was afflicted with almost constant headaches, and a pain in the side, the cause... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 pages
...I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little...bright ; There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine ; TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. MAY, 1793. KINSMAN beloved,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 446 pages
...wings I may record tby worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, — • Verse that immortalizes whom it sings ! But thou hast little...chronicle of actions, just and bright ! There all tby deeds, my faithful Mary, shine, And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. " The delight... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 pages
...shed my wings I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little...beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of GOD not rarelv look ; A chronicle of actions just and bright. There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little...bright ; There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine ; TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HII PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. MAY, 1795. KINSMAN beloved,... | |
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