Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ! The worth of his three kingdoms I defy ...
... Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ! The worth of his three kingdoms I defy ...
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... blest above , Heaven's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdued behind , Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
... blest above , Heaven's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdued behind , Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
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... blest With holiness and consecrated rest ; Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguished above all the six , By deeds in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
... blest With holiness and consecrated rest ; Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguished above all the six , By deeds in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
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... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
... blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told : And ...
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... blest , as they ? Let Egypt's plagues and Canaan's woes proclaim The favours poured upon the Jewish name ; Their freedom purchased for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors valued most ; Their title to a country not their own ...
... blest , as they ? Let Egypt's plagues and Canaan's woes proclaim The favours poured upon the Jewish name ; Their freedom purchased for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors valued most ; Their title to a country not their own ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth