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... Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul , But , if Authority grow wanton , wo To him that treads upon his freeborn toe ; C One step beyond the boundary of the laws Fires him TABLE TALK .
... Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul , But , if Authority grow wanton , wo To him that treads upon his freeborn toe ; C One step beyond the boundary of the laws Fires him TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper. One step beyond the boundary of the laws Fires him at once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom felt , though sometimes seen and heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine ...
William Cowper. One step beyond the boundary of the laws Fires him at once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom felt , though sometimes seen and heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine ...
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... Laws apply the needful curb , To guard the Peace that Riot would disturb ; And Liberty , preserved from wild excess , Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress . When Tumult lately burst his prison door , And set plebeian thousands in ...
... Laws apply the needful curb , To guard the Peace that Riot would disturb ; And Liberty , preserved from wild excess , Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress . When Tumult lately burst his prison door , And set plebeian thousands in ...
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... law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred ...
... law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred ...
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... laws , Bespeaks a land , once Christian , fallen and lost In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to ...
... laws , Bespeaks a land , once Christian , fallen and lost In all that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to ...
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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