Cowper's Text: A PoemW. and J. Eddowes, 1827 - 70 pages |
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... strong wheeling on th ' eternal goal : Faith , hope , and charity baptiz'd thy course , And stern expostulation , and a talk Thy table best might bear , and a review B With'ring to modern discipline at schools , The iron still COWPER'S ...
... strong wheeling on th ' eternal goal : Faith , hope , and charity baptiz'd thy course , And stern expostulation , and a talk Thy table best might bear , and a review B With'ring to modern discipline at schools , The iron still COWPER'S ...
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... strong bev'rage what , That sends thee on this revel through the world ? Resuming now the wrathful moralist , Thou blessest still the country , and rebuk'st The universal soldiership , that held Its venomous yet secret flow thro ...
... strong bev'rage what , That sends thee on this revel through the world ? Resuming now the wrathful moralist , Thou blessest still the country , and rebuk'st The universal soldiership , that held Its venomous yet secret flow thro ...
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... strong Boils in effectual duty , and rememb'ring The gorgeous frolic of the fur - clad Russ , When she caparison'd her icy reign In river palatine and nature's mock , Through bright description seek'st thy moral mood , And sing'st of ...
... strong Boils in effectual duty , and rememb'ring The gorgeous frolic of the fur - clad Russ , When she caparison'd her icy reign In river palatine and nature's mock , Through bright description seek'st thy moral mood , And sing'st of ...
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... strong True learning it sets up against the book , And wisdom against knowledge - but in verse . And now the village harmony revives , And his soft correspondence , that began In filial musing , with yon humble tow'r , C Renews its ...
... strong True learning it sets up against the book , And wisdom against knowledge - but in verse . And now the village harmony revives , And his soft correspondence , that began In filial musing , with yon humble tow'r , C Renews its ...
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... : The work came forth - it was thy sixtieth year— And all the strong of spirit heard at once A murmuring deep in Greek and Roman wards As if some key was searching depths unknown , And rifling the recesses most minute : They heard the 13.
... : The work came forth - it was thy sixtieth year— And all the strong of spirit heard at once A murmuring deep in Greek and Roman wards As if some key was searching depths unknown , And rifling the recesses most minute : They heard the 13.
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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.