Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 - English poetry |
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... joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The ...
... joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe Will sneer and charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ? The ...
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... frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away : He drinks his simple bev'rage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel th ' alacrity and joy With which TABLE TALK . 13.
... frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away : He drinks his simple bev'rage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel th ' alacrity and joy With which TABLE TALK . 13.
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... joy With which he shouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much 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 ...
... joy With which he shouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much 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 ...
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... joy the good she finds : Courage in arms , and ever prompt to show His manly forehead to the fiercest foe ; Glorious in war , but for the sake of peace , His spirits rising as his toils increase , Guards well what arts and industry have ...
... joy the good she finds : Courage in arms , and ever prompt to show His manly forehead to the fiercest foe ; Glorious in war , but for the sake of peace , His spirits rising as his toils increase , Guards well what arts and industry have ...
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... joys , Nor is it , yet , despondence and dismay , Will win her visits or engage her stay ; Pray'r only , and the penitential tear , Can call her smiling down , and fix her here . But , when a country ( one that I could name ) In ...
... joys , Nor is it , yet , despondence and dismay , Will win her visits or engage her stay ; Pray'r only , and the penitential tear , Can call her smiling down , and fix her here . But , when a country ( one that I could name ) In ...
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beams beneath bids blest bliss blooming groves boast breast brighter day call'd charms courser dark declension deeds delight design'd divine docet dream earth ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace hand happy hast hate hear heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour int'rest joys land learn'd life's light lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once pass'd peace pharisee PINE-APPLE pity plain pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove religion Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd scripture seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee their's theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wisdom woes zeal