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... his heart . Then he felt himself a wanderer , and then he found a guide . Upon this change of views , a change of plan and con- duct followed of course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , iv PREFACE .
... his heart . Then he felt himself a wanderer , and then he found a guide . Upon this change of views , a change of plan and con- duct followed of course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , iv PREFACE .
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William Cowper. busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a prisoner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - A heart filled with love to God will ...
William Cowper. busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a prisoner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - A heart filled with love to God will ...
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... true ; Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
... true ; Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
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... True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A ...
... True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A ...
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... true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious ...
... true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious ...
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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