 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,...  Life of William Cowper, Esq - Page 214by Thomas Taylor - 1843 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...honor due In verse as musical as than art true — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings! But thou host little need : there is a book, By seraphs writ, with beams of heaven); light. On which the eyes of God not rarely look A chronicle of actions just and bright ! There... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 330 pages
...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 heav'nly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright ;... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...due, In verses musical, as thou art true, — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou hast little need. There is a book, By seraphs writ with...rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright ; Th«re all thy deeds, my faithful Mary ! shine, And since thou own'st that praise — I spare thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...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...since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. May, 1793. TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. KINSMAN beloved, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...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...shine, And, since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER. KINSMAN beloved, and as a son,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...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...shine, And, since thou own'st that praise, I spare thcc mine. TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.. DEAR architect of fine CHATEAUX in air, Worthier to stand for ever,... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. > But (hon hast little need. There is a book, By seraphs writ with...since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. WILLIAM CROWE. TO PETRARCH. O FOR that shell, whose melancholy sound, Heard in Valclusa, by the lucid... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...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...bright ; There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine, 186 WILLIAM CROWE. TO PETRARCH. O FOR that shell, whose melancholy sound, Heard in Valclusa, by the... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...due, In verse as musical as thou art true — Verse that immortalizes whom it sings ! But thou hast little need : there is a book By seraphs writ, with beams of heavenly light, t)n which the eyes of God not rarely look ! A chronicle of actions, just and bright ! There all thy... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 pages
...to hold good ; and if duty is done, such genealogies will not be lost : " There is a book By angels writ, with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions bright and fair." In his own palace of uncreated day, the genealogies of Christian families will be... | |
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