Poems, Volumes 1-2C. and C. Whittingham, 1831 |
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... optics are but dim That tell you so- —say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined To catch renown 4 TABLE TALK .
... optics are but dim That tell you so- —say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined To catch renown 4 TABLE TALK .
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... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
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... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last ...
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... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
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... thought , Elegant as Simplicity , and warm As Ecstasy , unmanacled by form , Not prompted , as in our degenerate ... thoughts on human things - The feats of heroes , and the wrath of kings : But still , while Virtue kindled his delight ...
... thought , Elegant as Simplicity , and warm As Ecstasy , unmanacled by form , Not prompted , as in our degenerate ... thoughts on human things - The feats of heroes , and the wrath of kings : But still , while Virtue kindled his delight ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids boast breath call'd cause charms CHEAPSIDE CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fast fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown give glory GLOWWORM grace hand happy hast heard heart Heaven honour hope hour JOHN GILPIN labour land learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poet praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas virtue voice waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth