 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...And shows him glories yet to be reveal'd. Not slothful he, though seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest...the bird That flutters least is longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has rais'd, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes, and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...And shows him glories yet to be reveal'd. Not slothful he, though seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest...the bird That flutters least is longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has rais'd, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes, and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...And shows him glories yet to be reveal'd. Not slothful he, though seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest...the bird That flutters least is longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has rais'd, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes, and... | |
 | Biography - 1805 - 664 pages
...world.— Not slothful he, tho' seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams I Oft water fairest meadows ; and the bird ^ That flutters least, is longest on the wing.— • For tho' the self-approving haughty World Still as she sweeps him with her whistling silks, Scarce... | |
 | Biography - 1805 - 654 pages
...world.— Not slothful he, tho' seeming unemploy'd, AnJ censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Qit water fairest meadows ; and the bird That flutters least, is longest on the wing.— For tho' the self-approving haughty World Still as she sweeps him with her whistling silks, Scarce... | |
 | 1805 - 676 pages
...Tho" more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world.— Not slothful he, tho' seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest meadows ; and the bird 1 hat flutters least, is longest on the wing.— For tho* the self-approving haughty World Still as... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...revealed. Not slothful he, though seeming unemployed, And censured oft as useless. Stillest streams j Oft water fairest meadows, and the bird, That flutters least, is longest on the wing. / Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has raised, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...1:5.!l..- ,' , ' . And shows him glories yet to be revealed.. Not slothful he, though seeming unemployed, And censured oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest meadows, and th» bird:, That flatters least, is longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has raised,... | |
 | 1858 - 860 pages
...moral power, and where his affections have the freest play, they may shed their richest benefits. " Stillest streams oft water fairest meadows, And the...bird that flutters least is longest on the wing." Innocence will bear the intensest light, but like the lily it loves the shade. " Be ye clothed with... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...And shows him glories yet to be reveal'd. Not slothful he, though seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft -water fairest...bird \ That flutters least is longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has rais'd, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes, and... | |
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Not slothful he, though seeming unemployed, And censured oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest meadows, and the bird That flutters least is longest on the wing. 
