Poems of William Cowper, Esq.: With a New Memoir
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And sham'd as we have been, to th' very beard Brav'd and defied, and in our own sea prov'd THE TASK. 71 Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensur'd us mast'ry there, we yet retain Some small pre-eminence ; we justly boast At least superiour jockeyship, and claim The honours of the turf as all our own !
Go, then, well worthy of the praise ye seek.
And show the shame ye might conceal at home, In foreign eyes ! — be grooms and win the plate.
Where once your nobler fathers won a crown !— 'T...is gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that need it. Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ?
There is a pleasure in poetick pains, Which only poets know. The shifts and turns, Th' expedients and inventions multiform, To which the mind resorts, in chase of terms.
Though apt, yet coy, and difficult to win — T' arrest the fleeting images, that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit, till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious light, And shine by situation, hardly less Than by the labour and the skill it cost ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleasing, and that steal away the thought, With such address from themes of sad import.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And sham'd as we have been, to th' very beard Brav'd and defied, and in our own sea prov'd THE TASK. 71 Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensur'd us mast'ry there, we yet retain Some small pre-eminence ; we justly boast At least superiour jockeyship, and claim The honours of the turf as all our own !
Go, then, well worthy of the praise ye seek.
And show the shame ye might conceal at home, In foreign eyes ! — be grooms and win the plate.
Where once your nobler fathers won a crown !— 'T...is gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that need it. Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ?
There is a pleasure in poetick pains, Which only poets know. The shifts and turns, Th' expedients and inventions multiform, To which the mind resorts, in chase of terms.
Though apt, yet coy, and difficult to win — T' arrest the fleeting images, that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit, till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious light, And shine by situation, hardly less Than by the labour and the skill it cost ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleasing, and that steal away the thought, With such address from themes of sad import.
What to read after Poems of William Cowper, Esq.: With a New Memoir?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cowper, William, 1731-1800 to read onlineMoreLess
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