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Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not
for nought ; And must be brib ? d to compass earth again By other hopes and
richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial
foil ...
Doing good , Disinterested good , is not our trade . We travel far ' tis true , but not
for nought ; And must be brib ? d to compass earth again By other hopes and
richer fruits than yours . But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial
foil ...
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Pours she not all her choicest fruits abroad , Her sweetest flow'rs , her aromatic
gums , Disclofing paradise where'er he treads ? 4 Alluding to the fog that covered
both Europe and Afia during the whole summer of 1783 . She She quakes at his ...
Pours she not all her choicest fruits abroad , Her sweetest flow'rs , her aromatic
gums , Disclofing paradise where'er he treads ? 4 Alluding to the fog that covered
both Europe and Afia during the whole summer of 1783 . She She quakes at his ...
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Indulg'd in what they wish , they foon fupply Large foliage , overshadowing
golden flowers , Blown on the summit of th ' apparent fruit . These have their fexes
, and when summer shines The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to ...
Indulg'd in what they wish , they foon fupply Large foliage , overshadowing
golden flowers , Blown on the summit of th ' apparent fruit . These have their fexes
, and when summer shines The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to ...
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With summer fruits brought forth by wintry suns . Ten thousand ... The learn'd and
wife Sarcastic would exclaim , and judge the song Cold as its theme , and , like its
theme , the fruit Of too much labour , worthless when produc'd . Who loves a ...
With summer fruits brought forth by wintry suns . Ten thousand ... The learn'd and
wife Sarcastic would exclaim , and judge the song Cold as its theme , and , like its
theme , the fruit Of too much labour , worthless when produc'd . Who loves a ...
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He is the happy man , whose life ev'n now Shows somewhat of that happier life to
come ; Who , doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state , Is pleas'd with it , and ,
were he free to chuse , Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace , the fruit Of
...
He is the happy man , whose life ev'n now Shows somewhat of that happier life to
come ; Who , doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state , Is pleas'd with it , and ,
were he free to chuse , Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace , the fruit Of
...
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Page 35 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 205 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks ; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.
Page 106 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Page 206 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 166 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
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Page 261 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Page 207 - Thy rams are there, *Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there ; The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west ; And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.
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| Title | Poems, Volume 2 Poems, William Cowper Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | John Jones, 1790 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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