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Page 14
... honours bright . O'er these , but far beyond ( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between ) , The Ouse , dividing the well water'd land , Now glitters in the sun , and now retires As bashful , yet impatient to be seen . Hence ...
... honours bright . O'er these , but far beyond ( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between ) , The Ouse , dividing the well water'd land , Now glitters in the sun , and now retires As bashful , yet impatient to be seen . Hence ...
Page 20
... honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay — the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest ...
... honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay — the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest ...
Page 28
... honour too To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces escapes . Nor is it well , nor can it come to good , That , through ...
... honour too To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces escapes . Nor is it well , nor can it come to good , That , through ...
Page 39
... his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own . Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms THE TIMEPIECE . 39.
... his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own . Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fallen Each in his field of glory ; one in arms THE TIMEPIECE . 39.
Page 41
... 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 ' Tis ...
... 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 ' Tis ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth