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... hope , and furnish those motives and prospects , which , in the present state of things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature , distin- guished by a vastness of capacity , which no as- semblage of ...
... hope , and furnish those motives and prospects , which , in the present state of things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature , distin- guished by a vastness of capacity , which no as- semblage of ...
Page ix
... Hope · 74 Charity • 94 Conversation 101 Retirement 134 The Yearly Distress , or Tithing Time at Stock in Essex 156 Sonnet to Henry Cowper , Esq . 159 Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin 160 • • On Mrs. Montagu's Feather - Hangings Verses ...
... Hope · 74 Charity • 94 Conversation 101 Retirement 134 The Yearly Distress , or Tithing Time at Stock in Essex 156 Sonnet to Henry Cowper , Esq . 159 Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin 160 • • On Mrs. Montagu's Feather - Hangings Verses ...
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... hope ; With 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 ...
... hope ; With 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 ...
Page 17
... the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left- B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and TABLE TALK . 17.
... the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left- B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and TABLE TALK . 17.
Page 36
... - the cross ! There and there only ( though the deist rave , And atheist , if Earth bear so base a slave ) ; There and there only is the power to save . There no delusive hope invites despair ; No mockery meets 36 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... - the cross ! There and there only ( though the deist rave , And atheist , if Earth bear so base a slave ) ; There and there only is the power to save . There no delusive hope invites despair ; No mockery meets 36 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
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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