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Page viii
... close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to publication , but I was unwilling they should be omitted . JOHN NEWTON .. Charles Square , Hoxton , February 18 , 1782 . CONTENTS . TABLE TALK Progress of ...
... close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to publication , but I was unwilling they should be omitted . JOHN NEWTON .. Charles Square , Hoxton , February 18 , 1782 . CONTENTS . TABLE TALK Progress of ...
Page 3
... close fidelity and love unfeign'd , To keep the matrimonial bond unstain'd ; Covetous only of a virtuous praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him ...
... close fidelity and love unfeign'd , To keep the matrimonial bond unstain'd ; Covetous only of a virtuous praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him ...
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... close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , Like his to shed illuminating rays On every scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world ...
... close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , Like his to shed illuminating rays On every scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world ...
Page 22
... in themselves , but daugerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ! O what a dying , dying close was there ! ' Tis harmony from yon sequester'd bower , Sweet harmony 22 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . Truth.
... in themselves , but daugerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ! O what a dying , dying close was there ! ' Tis harmony from yon sequester'd bower , Sweet harmony 22 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . Truth.
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... close party , or the splendid hall , Where Night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . ' Tis innocent , and harmless , and refined , The balm of care , Elysium of the mind . C Innocent ...
... close party , or the splendid hall , Where Night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . ' Tis innocent , and harmless , and refined , The balm of care , Elysium of the mind . C Innocent ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth