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... Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence ...
... Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence ...
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... thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of ...
... thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret Sweets tasted here , and left as soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of ...
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... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems in their eyes a mercy for thy sake . Such evil sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in heaven ...
... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems in their eyes a mercy for thy sake . Such evil sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in heaven ...
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... thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill , that checker life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all ...
... thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill , that checker life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all ...
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... thee still— My country ! and , while yet a nook is left , Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd ...
... thee still— My country ! and , while yet a nook is left , Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human labour less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps PINEAPPLE pity pleasure praise press'd prize proud rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile smooth soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare spleen stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth