Cowper's Text: A PoemW. and J. Eddowes, 1827 - 70 pages |
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Page 42
... present fact : Experience gives the truth , madness the fact : Piercing the founder's eye was , when he came In social mission from his quiet home : His heart denounc'd the error of mankind , And , careless of the sections of the cone ...
... present fact : Experience gives the truth , madness the fact : Piercing the founder's eye was , when he came In social mission from his quiet home : His heart denounc'd the error of mankind , And , careless of the sections of the cone ...
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... present thou , And touching my poor verses , as they crowd , The linear congregation graciously Illumine , more for what is written , than what I have to write , for I bring up myself Upon a thousand lines , though burden here , Rather ...
... present thou , And touching my poor verses , as they crowd , The linear congregation graciously Illumine , more for what is written , than what I have to write , for I bring up myself Upon a thousand lines , though burden here , Rather ...
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... present , When we approach our two score years and ten : I speak not of the grave or pictures there : A gen❜ral summing up is taking place , And inconsistent items fast give way : Of even temper one , commercial chief , Centre of ...
... present , When we approach our two score years and ten : I speak not of the grave or pictures there : A gen❜ral summing up is taking place , And inconsistent items fast give way : Of even temper one , commercial chief , Centre of ...
Page 64
... presents a cottage much preferr'd To the paternal dome , and seldom left For visits , London , or provincial sway : Great farmer , magistrate from Lincoln's - inn , His hunter's breaker , huntsman of his hounds , Lord of much game ...
... presents a cottage much preferr'd To the paternal dome , and seldom left For visits , London , or provincial sway : Great farmer , magistrate from Lincoln's - inn , His hunter's breaker , huntsman of his hounds , Lord of much game ...
Page 65
... and an office , that presides O'er a small region , which ' tis pledged t ' upraise : Some pictures learning's commonwealth presents , One that combines two venerable towns K How diff'rent in pursuit , but rev'rend both , Salop 65.
... and an office , that presides O'er a small region , which ' tis pledged t ' upraise : Some pictures learning's commonwealth presents , One that combines two venerable towns K How diff'rent in pursuit , but rev'rend both , Salop 65.
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author's best regards bard barouche beamy bless'd blessing boasted breathe bright Briton call'd Cestrian charm charm'd claim claim'd condens'd COWPER'S crucible Dear death diff'rent Doric e'en e'er Edinburgh eloquence emense encreas'd Eugenius ev'ry false pretence fasces fast father feast fix'd flow'r fruit garden gen❜ral gentle giv'n glory grace grave hadst thou hallow'd Haply harmony heart heav'n and earth heav'nly honours Hosanna innocence JAMES MASON kingdom light Liverpool lord marr'd merg'd mighty theme mod'rate moral ne'er nectar o'er Olney pard'ning peace Plato playful poet poetry and truth Porsonian pow'r prepar'd prevail'd Proserpine prov'd pure spirit rais'd realms reconcil'd robe Rome scene scholar's seal'd Seem'd Shrewsbury smile social sense storm strong stye surt sympathy tears thee thine thou hadst Thou wast thro throne Thurlow Thyself toil tow'r town Tusculum Twas two-fold verse welcom'd whate'er woes wounds Yorick
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Page 1 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Page 61 - The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all; I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again.
Page 6 - Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves.