Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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Page 51
... head : To them the sounding jargon of the schools Seems what it is --- a cap and bells for fools ; The light they walk by , kindled from above , Shows them the shortest way to life and love : They , strangers to the controversial field ...
... head : To them the sounding jargon of the schools Seems what it is --- a cap and bells for fools ; The light they walk by , kindled from above , Shows them the shortest way to life and love : They , strangers to the controversial field ...
Page 79
... head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay , as when she first began With smiles alluring her admirer man ; She spreads the morning over eastern hills , Earth glitters with the drops the night ...
... head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay , as when she first began With smiles alluring her admirer man ; She spreads the morning over eastern hills , Earth glitters with the drops the night ...
Page 85
... head , Adds nothing now to the degraded dead , And even the star that glitters on the bier , Can only say --- Nobility lies here . Peace to all such --- ' twere pity to offend By useless censure , whom we cannot mend ; Life without hope ...
... head , Adds nothing now to the degraded dead , And even the star that glitters on the bier , Can only say --- Nobility lies here . Peace to all such --- ' twere pity to offend By useless censure , whom we cannot mend ; Life without hope ...
Page 92
... head and heart . The gross idolatry blind heathens teach Was too refined for them , beyond their reach . Not even the glorious sun , though men revere The monarch most , that seldom will appear , And though his beams , that quicken ...
... head and heart . The gross idolatry blind heathens teach Was too refined for them , beyond their reach . Not even the glorious sun , though men revere The monarch most , that seldom will appear , And though his beams , that quicken ...
Page 115
... head or tail ; Forcibly drawn from many a close recess , They meet with little pity , no redress ; Plunged in the stream , they lodge upon the mud , Food for the famished rovers of the flood . All zeal for a reform , that gives offence ...
... head or tail ; Forcibly drawn from many a close recess , They meet with little pity , no redress ; Plunged in the stream , they lodge upon the mud , Food for the famished rovers of the flood . All zeal for a reform , that gives offence ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth