Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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William Cowper. he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a pri- soner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - A heart filled with ...
William Cowper. he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a pri- soner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - A heart filled with ...
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... true ; Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
... true ; Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock , Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
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... True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A ...
... True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A ...
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... true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious ...
... true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as Nature shows , Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious ...
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... true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punish'd , and down comes the thunderbolt . If Mercy then put by the threatening blow , Must she ...
... true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punish'd , and down comes the thunderbolt . If Mercy then put by the threatening blow , Must she ...
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