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A New cdition of Cowper's Poems seems to require something new to be said respecting its admirable author ; but so much has already appeared concerning him , that the subject must inevitably be exhausted ; little more therefore remains ...
A New cdition of Cowper's Poems seems to require something new to be said respecting its admirable author ; but so much has already appeared concerning him , that the subject must inevitably be exhausted ; little more therefore remains ...
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A. ' Tis your belief the world was made for man ; Kings do but reason on the self - same plan ; Maintaining your's , you cannot their's condemn , Who think , or seem to think ...
A. ' Tis your belief the world was made for man ; Kings do but reason on the self - same plan ; Maintaining your's , you cannot their's condemn , Who think , or seem to think ...
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A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ; But where ...
A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ; But where ...
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So well that thought th ' employment seems to suit , Psaltery and sackbut , dulcimer and flute . Oh fie ! ' tis evangelical and pure ; Observe each face , how sober and demure ! . Ecstasy sets her stamp on every mien ; Chins fallen 26 ...
So well that thought th ' employment seems to suit , Psaltery and sackbut , dulcimer and flute . Oh fie ! ' tis evangelical and pure ; Observe each face , how sober and demure ! . Ecstasy sets her stamp on every mien ; Chins fallen 26 ...
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That pleasures , therefore , or what such we call , Are hurtful , is a truth confessed by all ; And some , that seem to threaten virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment placed The ...
That pleasures , therefore , or what such we call , Are hurtful , is a truth confessed by all ; And some , that seem to threaten virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment placed The ...
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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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