PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 9
... Prize it , ye ministers , ye monarchs , spare ; Ye patriots guard it with a miser's care . A. Patriots , alas ! the few that have been found , Where most they flourish , upon English ground , The country's need have scantily supplied ...
... Prize it , ye ministers , ye monarchs , spare ; Ye patriots guard it with a miser's care . A. Patriots , alas ! the few that have been found , Where most they flourish , upon English ground , The country's need have scantily supplied ...
Page 10
... prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they fought , And praised him in the victories he wrought . Now from ...
... prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they fought , And praised him in the victories he wrought . Now from ...
Page 35
... intended line , It falls at last far wide of his design : So he , who seeks a mansion in the sky , Must watch his purpose with a steadfast eye ; That prize belongs to none but the sincere ; The THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 35.
... intended line , It falls at last far wide of his design : So he , who seeks a mansion in the sky , Must watch his purpose with a steadfast eye ; That prize belongs to none but the sincere ; The THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 35.
Page 36
William Cowper. That prize belongs to none but the sincere ; The least obliquity is fatal here . With caution taste the sweet Circean cup : He that sips often , at last drinks it up . Habits are soon assumed ; but when we strive To strip ...
William Cowper. That prize belongs to none but the sincere ; The least obliquity is fatal here . With caution taste the sweet Circean cup : He that sips often , at last drinks it up . Habits are soon assumed ; but when we strive To strip ...
Page 38
... prize . Grace leads the right way : if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish ; but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O how unlike the complex works of ...
... prize . Grace leads the right way : if you choose the wrong , Take it and perish ; but restrain your tongue ; Charge not , with light sufficient , and left free , Your wilful suicide on God's decree . O how unlike the complex works of ...
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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 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 whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth