Ye powers, who rule the tongue, — if such there are, — And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate. Poems - Page 174by William Cowper - 1790 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1782 - 384 pages
...preferred, Henceforth affociate in one common herd. Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe" -••• Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence, A mere difguife in which a devil lurks, Who* y-€t- betrays his fecret by his works. Ye pow'rs who rule the tongue, if fuch there are, And. make... | |
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...ye ftood preferred, Henceforth afibciate in one common herd, Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence, A mere...there are, And make colloquial happinefs your care, Prcferve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate : The clam of arguments... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...ftood preferr'd^ Henceforth aflbciate in one common herd ; Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence^ A mere...works. , Ye pow'rs who rule the tongue, if fuch there arc, And make colloquial happinefs your care, Preferve me from the thins; I dread and hate, A duel... | |
| William Cowper - 1788 - 380 pages
...ftood preferr'd, Henceforth aflbciate in one common herd ; Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence, A mere...colloquial happinefs your care, Preferve me from the thing 1 dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate ; The clam of arguments and jar of words, Worfe than... | |
| William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...flood preferr'd, Henceforth alFoeiatc in one common herd ; Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence ; A mere...tongue, if fuch there are, And make colloquial happinefs yourcare, Preferve me from the thing I dread and hate— * A duel in the form of a debate. The clafh... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 372 pages
...ye flood preferr'd, Henceforth affociate in one common herd} Religion, virtue, reafou, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence'; A mere...difguife, in which a devil lurks, Who yet betrays his^fecret by his works. 6 Ye pow'rs who rule the tongue, if fuch there are, And make colloquial happinefs... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 358 pages
...flood preferred, Henceforth affociate in one common herd ; Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence ; A mere...lurks, Who yet betrays his fecret by his works. Ye powers who rule the tongue, if fuch there are, And make colloquial happinefs your care, Preferve me... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...ftood preferred, Henceforth affociate in one common herd j Religion, virtue, reafon, common fenfe, Pronounce your human form a falfe pretence ; A mere...lurks, Who yet betrays his fecret by his works. Ye powers who rule the tongue, if fuch there are, And make colloquial happinefs your care, Preferve me... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Ye powers who rule the tongue, if such there are, And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a dehate. The clash of arguments and jar of words, Worse than the mortal hrunt of rival swords, Decide... | |
| Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - 972 pages
...Ye powers who rule the tongue (if such there are). And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate. COWPEB. HAVING spent the greater part of a long life in unremitted, but generally ineffectual, endeavours... | |
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