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Poems - Page 52
by William Cowper - 1802
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The Task

William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionahle mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his lily hand, And play his hrilliant parts hefore my eyes, When I am hungry for the hread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...form And just proportion, fashionable mien And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When 1 am hungry for the bread of life? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames . His noble office, and,...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mein, And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am huv.gry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shame* His noble office, and, instead...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle ma with tropes, As with the diamond Ou his lily hand. And play his brilliant parts before...my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life? He mocVs his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 80

British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God ? Ot will he seek to dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...And just proportion, fashionable mien And pretty facĀ«, in presence of his God ? Or will he seek lo dazzle me with tropes, As with the diamond on his...hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves...
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