Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. (William Cowper Poems)
CHORUS OF ANGELS, Singing the Glory of God.To Heaven's bright lyre let Iris be the bow,Adapt the spheres for chords, ...
William Cowper Poems (104 Poems)
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 3. (William Cowper Poems)
SCENE I.-- Adam and Eve.Oh, my beloved companion!Oh thou of my existence,The very heart and soul!Hast thou, with such excess ...
A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen (William Cowper Poems)
Dear Anna, -- Between friend and friend,Prose answers every common end;Serves, in a plain and homely way,To express the occurrence ...
Addressed To Miss Macartney, Afterwards Mrs. Greville, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference (William Cowper Poems)
And dwells there in a female heart,By bounteous heaven design'dThe choicest raptures to impact,To feel the most refined;Dwells there a ...
A Tale. June 1793 (William Cowper Poems)
In Scotland's realm, where trees are fewNor even shrubs abound;But where, however bleak the viewSome better things are found;For husband ...
A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love (William Cowper Poems)
'Twas my purpose, on a day,To embark, and sail away.As I climbed the vessel's side,Love was sporting in the tide;'Come,' ...
A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January, 1779 (William Cowper Poems)
Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream,There dwelt a wretch, who breathed but to blaspheme.In subterraneous caves his life he ...
A Manual, More Ancient Than The Art Of Printing, And Not To Be Found In Any Catalogue (William Cowper Poems)
There is a book, which we may call(Its excellence is such)Alone a library, though small;The ladies thumb it much.Words none, ...
A Child Of God Longing To See Him Beloved (William Cowper Poems)
There's not an echo round me,But I am glad should learn,How pure a fire has found me,The love with which ...
A Fable (William Cowper Poems)
A raven, while with glossy breastHer new-laid eggs she fondly press'd,And, on her wicker-work high mounted,Her chickens prematurely counted(A fault ...
A Song : On The Green Margin (William Cowper Poems)
On the green margin of the brook,Despairing Phyllida reclined,Whilst every sigh, and every look,Declared the anguish of her mind.Am I ...
An Apology For Not Showing Her What I Had Wrote (William Cowper Poems)
Did not my Muse (what can she less?)Perceive her own unworthiness,Could she by some well-chosen theme,But hope to merit your ...
A Song : The Sparkling Eye (William Cowper Poems)
The sparkling eye, the mantling cheek,The polished front, the snowy neck,How seldom we behold in one!Glossy locks, and brow serene,Venus' ...
An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller (William Cowper Poems)
Did not thy reason, and thy sense,With most persuasive eloquence,Convince me that obedience dueNone may so justly claim as you,By ...
A Comparison (William Cowper Poems)
The lapse of time and rivers is the same,Both speed their journey with a restless stream;The silent pace, with which ...
A Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady (William Cowper Poems)
Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade,Apt emblem of a virtuous maidSilent and chaste she steals along,Far from the world's ...
A Riddle (William Cowper Poems)
I am just two and two, I am warm, I am cold,And the parent of numbers that cannot be told.I ...
My Soul Thirsteth for God (William Cowper Poem)
I thirst, but not as once I did, The vain delights of earth to share; Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid ...
On Opening a Place for Social Prayer (William Cowper Poem)
Jesus! where'er Thy people meet, There they behold Thy mercy seat; Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every ...
Sardis (William Cowper Poem)
(Revelations, iii. 1-6) "Write to Sardis," saith the Lord, "And write what He declares, He whose Spirit, and whose word, ...
The Shrubbery, Written in a Time of Affliction (William Cowper Poem)
Oh happy shades--to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to me! How ill the scene that offers rest, And ...
The House of Prayer (William Cowper Poem)
(Mark, xi.17) Thy mansion is the Christian's heart, O Lord, Thy dwelling place secure! Bid the unruly throng depart, And ...
Self-Acquaintance (William Cowper Poem)
Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, Which of itself complains, And mourns, with much and frequent smart, The evil it ...
Submission (William Cowper Poem)
O Lord, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to Thy will, And make ...
Afflictions Sanctified by the Word (William Cowper Poem)
Oh how I love Thy holy Word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! It guides me in the peaceful way; I ...
The Future Peace and Glory of the Church (William Cowper Poem)
(Isaiah, ix. 15-20) Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, "O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair ...
On the Death of a Minister (William Cowper Poem)
His master taken from his head, Elisha saw him go; And in desponding accents said, "Ah, what must Israel do?" ...
The Covenant (William Cowper Poem)
(Ezekiel, xxxvi. 25-28) The Lord proclaims His grace abroad! "Behold, I change your hearts of stone; Each shall renounce his ...
Epitaph on a Hare (William Cowper Poem)
Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swiftewd greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard ...
On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton (William Cowper Poem)
"Me too, perchance, in future days, The sculptured stone shall show, With Paphian myrtle or with bays Parnassian on my ...