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Page 60
... mind reforts , in chace of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arreft the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of ...
... mind reforts , in chace of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arreft the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of ...
Page 107
William Cowper. Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind , Scenes fuch as these , ' tis his fupreme delight To fill with riot and ... mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For For all the favage din of the swift pack And [ 107 ]
William Cowper. Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind , Scenes fuch as these , ' tis his fupreme delight To fill with riot and ... mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For For all the favage din of the swift pack And [ 107 ]
Page 298
... mind , ' Tis plain , the creature whom he chofe t ' inveft With kingship and dominion o'er the rest , Received his ... minds of youth Betimes into the mould of heav'nly truth , That taught of God they may indeed be wife , Nor ignorantly ...
... mind , ' Tis plain , the creature whom he chofe t ' inveft With kingship and dominion o'er the rest , Received his ... minds of youth Betimes into the mould of heav'nly truth , That taught of God they may indeed be wife , Nor ignorantly ...
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