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 Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... folly , have inward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they cannot suppress . We have been too long in the secret ourselves , to account the proud , the ambitious , or the voluptuous happy . We must lose the remembrance ...
... folly , have inward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they cannot suppress . We have been too long in the secret ourselves , to account the proud , the ambitious , or the voluptuous happy . We must lose the remembrance ...
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... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a ...
... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a ...
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... Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark Wit now and then , struck smartly , shews a spark ...
... Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark Wit now and then , struck smartly , shews a spark ...
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... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's case , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's case , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
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... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death Deist delight design'd divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown give glory GLOW-WORM grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste wind wisdom wonder worth youth