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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... thou a worshipper e'en where thou may'st ; Thy services , once holy , without spot , Mere shadows now , their ancient pomp forgot ; Thy Levites , once a consecrated host , No longer Levites , and their lineage lost , And thou thyself ...
... thou a worshipper e'en where thou may'st ; Thy services , once holy , without spot , Mere shadows now , their ancient pomp forgot ; Thy Levites , once a consecrated host , No longer Levites , and their lineage lost , And thou thyself ...
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... thou , when Heaven has cloth'd thee with dis And , long provoked , repaid thee to thy face [ grace , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
... thou , when Heaven has cloth'd thee with dis And , long provoked , repaid thee to thy face [ grace , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
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... thou didst not dare exort , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ; It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou self - entitled ruler of the main , To trace thee to the date when yon fair sea , That clips thy shores , had no such ...
... thou didst not dare exort , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ; It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou self - entitled ruler of the main , To trace thee to the date when yon fair sea , That clips thy shores , had no such ...
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... thou , a spot Not quickly found , if negligently sought , Thy soul as ample as thy bounds are small , Endur'st the brunt , and dar'st defy them all : And wilt thou join to this bold enterprise A bolder still , a contest with the skies ...
... thou , a spot Not quickly found , if negligently sought , Thy soul as ample as thy bounds are small , Endur'st the brunt , and dar'st defy them all : And wilt thou join to this bold enterprise A bolder still , a contest with the skies ...
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... thou hast wrough And none can teach them , but whom thou hast taught . O see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That , while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the ...
... thou hast wrough And none can teach them , but whom thou hast taught . O see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That , while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the ...
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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