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Page 16
... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only Vice disposes and prepares The mind that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , ยท And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only Vice disposes and prepares The mind that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , ยท And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of ...
Page 17
... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast A long despised , but now victorious , host ...
... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast A long despised , but now victorious , host ...
Page 35
... wisdom , comeliness , and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Than Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
... wisdom , comeliness , and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Than Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
Page 38
... dunce that has been sent to roam , Excels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And 38 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... dunce that has been sent to roam , Excels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And 38 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
Page 60
... wisdom dictates this the drift , That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless wo , For ignorance of what they ...
... wisdom dictates this the drift , That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless wo , For ignorance of what they ...
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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