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... 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 monarch's errors are ...
... 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 monarch's errors are ...
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... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
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... Inscribed above the portal , from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star , Legible only by the light they give , Stand the soul - quickening words - Believe and live . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most 1.
... Inscribed above the portal , from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star , Legible only by the light they give , Stand the soul - quickening words - Believe and live . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most 1.
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... live ! " Tis done the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
... live ! " Tis done the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
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... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth