 I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed: My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed: But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all.  Poems - Page 297by William Cowper - 1803 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, the world, I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon hfe dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, the world, I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed; But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet, Charm'd with the sight. The world. I cried. Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, " the world/' I cried, " Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed: " But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropped The treasure at my feet. Charmed with the sight, </ shall mortify the pri Je Of man's superior breed : But chief myselfl will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, " the world," I cried, " Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : " But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's... | |
 | One hundred fables, James Plumptre - 1825 - 306 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, ' the world,' I cried, ' Shall hear of this thy deed ; ' My Dog shall mortify the pride ' Of Man's superior breed : ' But chief myself I will enjoin, ' Awake at duty's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, The world, I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed ; But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, the world, I cried Shall hear of this thy deed : My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superiour breed: But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...mortify the pride Of man's superior breed : But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all. THE POET, THE OYSTER, AND SENSITIVE PLANT. AN ovster, cast upon the shore, Was heard, though never... | |
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