English Poetry. William Cowper. A Comparison. Уильям Купер.

William Cowper (Уильям Купер)

A Comparison

The lapse of time and rivers is the same,
Both speed their journey with a restless stream;
The silent pace, with which they steal away,
No wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay;
Alike irrevocable both when past,
And a wide ocean swallows both at last.
Though each resemble each in every part,
A difference strikes at length the musing heart;
Streams never flow in vain; where streams abound,
How laughs the land with various plenty crown’d!
But time, that should enrich the nobler mind,
Neglected, leaves a dreary waste behind. 

William Cowper’s other poems:

1. Catharina
2. The Christian
3. Afflictions Sanctified by the Word
4. On The High Price Of Fish
5. By Moschus

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Paul Hayne (Пол Хейн) A Comparison (“I THINK, ofttimes, that lives of men may be”)

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