Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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Page 80
... live in pleasure , dead 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 ...
... live in pleasure , dead 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 ...
Page 82
... live . Love is not pedler's trumpery bought and sold : He will give freely , or he will withhold ; His soul abhors a mercenary thought , And him as deeply who abhors it not ; He stipulates indeed , but merely this , That man will freely ...
... live . Love is not pedler's trumpery bought and sold : He will give freely , or he will withhold ; His soul abhors a mercenary thought , And him as deeply who abhors it not ; He stipulates indeed , but merely this , That man will freely ...
Page 85
... Live from his lips , and spread the glorious sound : That sound bespeaks Salvation on her way , The trumpet of a life - restoring day ; ' Tis heard where England's eastern glory shines , And in the gulfs of her Cornubian mines . And ...
... Live from his lips , and spread the glorious sound : That sound bespeaks Salvation on her way , The trumpet of a life - restoring day ; ' Tis heard where England's eastern glory shines , And in the gulfs of her Cornubian mines . And ...
Page 89
... live ,. Than this his Maker has seen fit to give ; Supple and flexible as Indian cane , To take the bend his appetites ordain ; Contrived to suit frail Nature's crazy case , And reconcile his lusts with saving grace . By this , with ...
... live ,. Than this his Maker has seen fit to give ; Supple and flexible as Indian cane , To take the bend his appetites ordain ; Contrived to suit frail Nature's crazy case , And reconcile his lusts with saving grace . By this , with ...
Page 93
... live exempt from weakness and decay , The brightest wonders of an endless day . Happy the bard , ( if that fair name belong To him , that blends no fable with his song , ) Whose lines uniting , by an honest art , The faithful monitor's ...
... live exempt from weakness and decay , The brightest wonders of an endless day . Happy the bard , ( if that fair name belong To him , that blends no fable with his song , ) Whose lines uniting , by an honest art , The faithful monitor's ...
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beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms 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 lost lyre mankind mercy mind mounted best muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once palæstra pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure praise pride prize proud prove red vengeance rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shepherd's rod shine 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 wisely store wonder worth youth