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Mr Unwin , the father of his young friend , was unfortunately killed by a fall from his horse , when Providence removed the family to Olney , in Buckinghamshire , where Cowper became acquainted with that excellent man , the Rev.
Mr Unwin , the father of his young friend , was unfortunately killed by a fall from his horse , when Providence removed the family to Olney , in Buckinghamshire , where Cowper became acquainted with that excellent man , the Rev.
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B. Seldom , alas ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so ...
B. Seldom , alas ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so ...
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A. Kings then at last have but the lot of all , By their own conduct they must stand or fall . B. True . While they live the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent owed , his pepper - corn of praise ; And many a dunce whose fingers itch ...
A. Kings then at last have but the lot of all , By their own conduct they must stand or fall . B. True . While they live the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent owed , his pepper - corn of praise ; And many a dunce whose fingers itch ...
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... Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polished periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all .
... Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polished periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all .
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The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasped at , slips away . Placed for his trial on this bustling stage ...
The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasped at , slips away . Placed for his trial on this bustling stage ...
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| Title | Poems, Volume 1 Poems, William Cowper Poems. by William Cowper. With the life of the author by T. Greatheed, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | W. Wilson, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2006 |
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