Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 - English poetry |
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... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
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... soon Our sabbaths , clos'd with mumm'ry and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene : Our's parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
... soon Our sabbaths , clos'd with mumm'ry and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene : Our's parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
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... that once bore sway , And all their deep impressions , wear away . So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till Cæsar's image is effac'd at last . The breach , though small at first , soon op'ning THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .. 55.
... that once bore sway , And all their deep impressions , wear away . So coin grows smooth , in traffic current pass'd , Till Cæsar's image is effac'd at last . The breach , though small at first , soon op'ning THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .. 55.
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... soon op'ning wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
... soon op'ning wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry ...
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... soon fill the creeks around , Pois'ning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge th ' unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
... soon fill the creeks around , Pois'ning the waters where their swarms abound . Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge th ' unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
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