 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
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...the pride Of man's superior breed. But chief, myself I will enjoin To wake at duty's call, And show a love as prompt as thine, To Him who gives me all. Galanthus nivalis. Snow-drop. Fair maid of February. Hexandria Monogynia. G. Petals three, concave.... | |
 | Poetical ladder - 1827 - 94 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 - 1828 - 468 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... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1829 - 352 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon ha 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,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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 - 1830 - 374 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 - 1832 - 602 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropped The treasure at my feet. Charmed 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... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1833 - 588 pages
...unsuccessful pains" to reach, might well be excited to express himself thus : — " 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." The Dog and the Water Lily. Should the feat of Beau... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure ats»y^eet. 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 - 1835 - 620 pages
...lily cropp'd Impatient swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd 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,... | |
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