The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper,esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him ...
... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the ... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him , who rears a poem lank and long , To him ...
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... sounds , though sweet and well combined And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
... sounds , though sweet and well combined And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of ...
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... sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What atheists call him - a designing knave , A mere church juggler , hypocrite , and slave . Oh , laugh or mourn ...
... sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What atheists call him - a designing knave , A mere church juggler , hypocrite , and slave . Oh , laugh or mourn ...
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... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all ; • Kings are invited , and , would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless ...
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all ; • Kings are invited , and , would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless ...
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... sound of truth will then be sure to please : And truth alone , where'er my life be cast In scenes of plenty , or the pining waste , Shall be my chosen theme , my glory to the last . HOPE . . doceas iter , et sacra ostia pandas . - Virg ...
... sound of truth will then be sure to please : And truth alone , where'er my life be cast In scenes of plenty , or the pining waste , Shall be my chosen theme , my glory to the last . HOPE . . doceas iter , et sacra ostia pandas . - Virg ...
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ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth