Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... folly , have in- ward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they cannot suppress . We have been too long in the secret ourselves to account the proud , the ambitious , or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the re ...
... folly , have in- ward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they cannot suppress . We have been too long in the secret ourselves to account the proud , the ambitious , or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the re ...
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... . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at last , Unless sweet penitence her pow'rs renew , Is truth , TABLE TALK . 21.
... . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at last , Unless sweet penitence her pow'rs renew , Is truth , TABLE TALK . 21.
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... folly's cost , themselves unmov'd the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
... folly's cost , themselves unmov'd the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
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... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
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... folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For persevering chase ...
... folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For persevering chase ...
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beams beneath bids blest bliss blooming groves boast breast brighter day call'd charms courser dark declension deeds delight design'd divine docet dream earth ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace hand happy hast hate hear heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour int'rest joys land learn'd life's light lov'd lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once pass'd peace pharisee PINE-APPLE pity plain pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove religion Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd scripture seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye tempest thee their's theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wisdom woes zeal