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At the close of the winter , 1799 , his unhappy despondency brought on a rapid decline ; and on the 25th of April , 1800 , after remaining several hours in a state of insensibility , he resigned his ' spirit ...
At the close of the winter , 1799 , his unhappy despondency brought on a rapid decline ; and on the 25th of April , 1800 , after remaining several hours in a state of insensibility , he resigned his ' spirit ...
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At the close of the winter , 1799 , his unhappy despondency brought on a rapid decline ; and on the 25th of April , 1800 , after remaining several hours in a state of insensibility , he resigned his ' spirit ...
At the close of the winter , 1799 , his unhappy despondency brought on a rapid decline ; and on the 25th of April , 1800 , after remaining several hours in a state of insensibility , he resigned his ' spirit ...
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... Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet : The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced , Those ensigns of dominion , how disgraced ; The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak ...
... Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet : The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced , Those ensigns of dominion , how disgraced ; The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour , And death's own scythe would better speak ...
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He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earned a victory not his own ; Subserviency ...
He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earned a victory not his own ; Subserviency ...
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B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely this-He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble ...
B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely this-He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble ...
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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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