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... Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine !
... Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country , where these kingly glories shine ; Blest England , if this happiness be thine !
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Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind --- Proof of a trifling and a worthless ...
Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind --- Proof of a trifling and a worthless ...
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... climes perhaps creative art , With power surpassing their's , performed her part , Might give more life to marble , or might fill The glowing tablets with a juster skill ; your turn : Might shine in fable , and grace EXPOSTULATION .
... climes perhaps creative art , With power surpassing their's , performed her part , Might give more life to marble , or might fill The glowing tablets with a juster skill ; your turn : Might shine in fable , and grace EXPOSTULATION .
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your turn : Might shine in fable , and grace idle themes With all th ' embroidery of poetic dreams : ' Twas their's alone to dive into the plan , That truth and mercy had revealed to man ; And while the world beside , that plan unknown ...
your turn : Might shine in fable , and grace idle themes With all th ' embroidery of poetic dreams : ' Twas their's alone to dive into the plan , That truth and mercy had revealed to man ; And while the world beside , that plan unknown ...
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Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine : Thy very children watch for thy disgrace --- A lawless brood , and curse thee to thy face . Thy rulers load thy credit , year by year ...
Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine : Thy very children watch for thy disgrace --- A lawless brood , and curse thee to thy face . Thy rulers load thy credit , year by year ...
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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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