Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THURLOW, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The chancellor once was a tree full of fruit Last Line: Is searching your boughs for plums in the winter. | ||||||||
THE Chancellor once was a tree full of fruit, A tree in the summer and fann'd by the south, He was great at the top and moist at the root, And the good things he bore would drop into your mouth. But since that his Lordship has quitted his place, Steriles numerandus est arbores inter, And now to solicit his favour and grace Is searching your boughs for plums in the winter. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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