PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 44
... E'en at your side , Sir , and before your eyes , The favour'd few - the enthusiasts you despise . And pleased at heart , because on holy ground Sometimes a cauting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast ...
... E'en at your side , Sir , and before your eyes , The favour'd few - the enthusiasts you despise . And pleased at heart , because on holy ground Sometimes a cauting hypocrite is found , Reproach a people with his single fall , And cast ...
Page 60
... e'en where thou mayst ; Thy services , once holy , without spot , Mere shadows now , their ancient pomp forgot ; Thy Levites , once a consecrated host , No longer Levites , and their lineage lost , And thou thyself , o'er every country ...
... e'en where thou mayst ; Thy services , once holy , without spot , Mere shadows now , their ancient pomp forgot ; Thy Levites , once a consecrated host , No longer Levites , and their lineage lost , And thou thyself , o'er every country ...
Page 62
... E'en as his will and his decrees ordain ; While honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as these decline , decay : In just resentment of his injured laws , He pours contempt on them and on their cause ; Strikes the ...
... E'en as his will and his decrees ordain ; While honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as these decline , decay : In just resentment of his injured laws , He pours contempt on them and on their cause ; Strikes the ...
Page 71
... e'en thee ; By every charm that smiles upon her face , By joys possess'd , and joys still held in chase , If dear society be worth a thought , And if the feast of freedom cloy thee not , Reflect that these , and all that seems thine own ...
... e'en thee ; By every charm that smiles upon her face , By joys possess'd , and joys still held in chase , If dear society be worth a thought , And if the feast of freedom cloy thee not , Reflect that these , and all that seems thine own ...
Page 80
... e'en while they live ; Born capable indeed of heavenly truth ; But down to latest age , from earliest youth , Their mind a wilderness through want of care , The plough of wisdom never entering there . Peace ( if insensibility may claim ...
... e'en while they live ; Born capable indeed of heavenly truth ; But down to latest age , from earliest youth , Their mind a wilderness through want of care , The plough of wisdom never entering there . Peace ( if insensibility may claim ...
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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