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, ...
CHORUS OF ANGELS, Singing the Glory of God.To Heaven's bright lyre let Iris be the bow,Adapt the spheres for chords, ...
'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,' ...
Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream,There dwelt a wretch, who breathed but to blaspheme.In subterraneous caves his life he ...
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 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 ...
Did not my Muse (what can she less?)Perceive her own unworthiness,Could she by some well-chosen theme,But hope to merit your ...
O Lord, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to Thy will, And make ...
Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swiftewd greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard ...
To Jesus, the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone; O bear me, ye cherubim, ...
Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, Hears thee, by cruel men and impious, call'd Fanatic, for thy zeal to loose ...
Sin enslaved me many years, And led me bound and blind; Till at length a thousand fears Came swarming o'er ...
A poet's cat, sedate and grave As poet well could wish to have, Was much addicted to inquire For nooks ...
When darkness long has veil'd my mind, And smiling day once more appears, Then, my Redeemer, then I find The ...
(Genesis, xxii.14) The saints should never be dismay'd, Nor sink in hopeless fear; For when they least expect His aid, ...
The billows swell, the winds are high, Clouds overcast my wintry sky; Out of the depths to Thee I call, ...
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