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... course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority grow wanton , woe To him 6 TABLE TALK .
... course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority grow wanton , woe To him 6 TABLE TALK .
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... sweet Penitence her powers renew ; Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punished , and down comes the ...
... sweet Penitence her powers renew ; Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punished , and down comes the ...
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William Cowper. The tædium that the lazy rich endure , Which now and then sweet poetry may cure ; Or , if to see the name of idle self , Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf , To float a bubble on the breath of Fame ...
William Cowper. The tædium that the lazy rich endure , Which now and then sweet poetry may cure ; Or , if to see the name of idle self , Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf , To float a bubble on the breath of Fame ...
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... 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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... 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 Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the ...
... 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 Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the ...
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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