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... ground , The country's need have scantily supplied , And the last left the scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again : Liberty ...
... ground , The country's need have scantily supplied , And the last left the scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again : Liberty ...
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... ground you tread , And Victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its errour , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that ...
... ground you tread , And Victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its errour , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that ...
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... ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray , And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And many a compliment politely penn'd ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion ...
... ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray , And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And many a compliment politely penn'd ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion ...
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... ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast his filthy raiment at them all ; Attend ! -an apt similitude shall show Whence springs the conduct that offends you so . See where it ...
... ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast his filthy raiment at them all ; Attend ! -an apt similitude shall show Whence springs the conduct that offends you so . See where it ...
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... ground . And is it not a mortifying thought The poor should gain it , and the rich should not ? No - the voluptuaries , who ne'er forget One pleasure lost , lose Heaven without regret ; Regret would rouse them , and give birth to prayer ...
... ground . And is it not a mortifying thought The poor should gain it , and the rich should not ? No - the voluptuaries , who ne'er forget One pleasure lost , lose Heaven without regret ; Regret would rouse them , and give birth to prayer ...
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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