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Page 71
... hast set the persecuted free , None interposes now to succour thee . Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine : Thy very children watch for thy disgrace- A lawless brood , and curse ...
... hast set the persecuted free , None interposes now to succour thee . Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine : Thy very children watch for thy disgrace- A lawless brood , and curse ...
Page 73
... Hast thou incurr'd His anger , who can waste thee with a word , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of his hand , And in whose awful sight all nations seem As grasshoppers , as dust , a drop , a dream ?
... Hast thou incurr'd His anger , who can waste thee with a word , Who poises and proportions sea and land , Weighing them in the hollow of his hand , And in whose awful sight all nations seem As grasshoppers , as dust , a drop , a dream ?
Page 74
... hast thou sworn on every slight pretence , Till perjuries are common as bad pence , While thousands , careless of the damning sin , Kiss the book's outside , who ne'er look'd within ? Hast thou , when Heaven has cloth'd thee with dis ...
... hast thou sworn on every slight pretence , Till perjuries are common as bad pence , While thousands , careless of the damning sin , Kiss the book's outside , who ne'er look'd within ? Hast thou , when Heaven has cloth'd thee with dis ...
Page 75
... Hast thou within the sin , that in old time Brought fire from heaven , the sex - abusing crime , Whose horrid perpetration stamps disgrace , Baboons are free from , upon human race ? Think on the fruitful and well - water'd spot , That ...
... Hast thou within the sin , that in old time Brought fire from heaven , the sex - abusing crime , Whose horrid perpetration stamps disgrace , Baboons are free from , upon human race ? Think on the fruitful and well - water'd spot , That ...
Page 80
... hast as bright an interest in her rays , As ever Roman had in Rome's best days . True freedom is where no restraint is known , That Scripture , Justice , and good Sense disown , Where only Vice and Injury are tied , And all from shore ...
... hast as bright an interest in her rays , As ever Roman had in Rome's best days . True freedom is where no restraint is known , That Scripture , Justice , and good Sense disown , Where only Vice and Injury are tied , And all from shore ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Cheapside CHISWICK courser dark dear deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Edmonton errours eyes fair Fancy fear feel fire flowers folly fool form'd frown GEORGE ROMNEY Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast hate heart Heaven heavenly hope hour JOHN GILPIN labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mind muse Nature never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps Pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride proud prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight sithe skies smile song SONNET sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas verse VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wintry wisdom zeal