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... cause of the new attack of his malady ; but he never was entirely free from it , -his mind was like the coast of ... causes were in operation , to ask which was the greatest . The attack lasted for four years , during which he was ...
... cause of the new attack of his malady ; but he never was entirely free from it , -his mind was like the coast of ... causes were in operation , to ask which was the greatest . The attack lasted for four years , during which he was ...
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... Cause Won The Silkworm The Innocent Thief Denner's Old Woman 445 · 445 • 446 446 The Tears of a Painter The Maze • 447 448 • No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer 448 The Snail 448 The Cantab 449 • TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN ...
... Cause Won The Silkworm The Innocent Thief Denner's Old Woman 445 · 445 • 446 446 The Tears of a Painter The Maze • 447 448 • No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer 448 The Snail 448 The Cantab 449 • TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN ...
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... cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And , when recording History displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days , Tells of a few stout hearts , that fought and died ...
... cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And , when recording History displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days , Tells of a few stout hearts , that fought and died ...
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... cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong- If this be kingly ...
... cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong- If this be kingly ...
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... cause , though worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern ...
... cause , though worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern ...
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Art thou beauty beneath blest boast Boötes breast breath call'd cause charms dear delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fill'd fire fix'd flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly honour hope hour human JEHOVAH-SHALOM labour land learn'd light live Lord lyre mercy mind mounted best muse nature never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain palæstra peace pleasure praise prayer pride prove rapture rest sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shew shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler truth Twas verse virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wisely store wonder worth youth
Popular passages
Page 234 - Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Page 277 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 316 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 165 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on. each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 234 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 164 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Page 121 - Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Page 150 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 315 - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes...
Page 192 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.