William Cowper ( 10 of 184 )
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, read more
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?
Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees,
Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.
Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees,
Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
They best can judge a poet's worth,
Who oft themselves have known
The pangs of a poetic read more
They best can judge a poet's worth,
Who oft themselves have known
The pangs of a poetic birth
By labours of their own.
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They read more
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.
He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
Without one friend, above all foes,
Britannia gives the world repose.
Without one friend, above all foes,
Britannia gives the world repose.
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and read more
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.
