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Page iii
... thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name in the title - page is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not ...
... thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name in the title - page is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not ...
Page 2
... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
Page 5
... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand ...
Page 11
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at ...
Page 13
... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
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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