Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if liberty be there ; ∙ And I will sing , at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid ...
... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if liberty be there ; ∙ And I will sing , at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid ...
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... song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
... song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of ev'ry virtue , ev'ry grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
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... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in ...
... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in ...
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... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps op'ning buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refin'd , and ...
... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps op'ning buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refin'd , and ...
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... song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke ...
... song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke ...
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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