Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so, when held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field :... The Universal Magazine - Page 2161805Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...at ev'ning in the public path;"' But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose— th' alcovfe,' ' The chamber, or refectory — may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...at ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose — th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory — may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so, when held... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...at evening in the public path ; But be that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs uo blame. Not so, when held... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...Will tread aside and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the sight, And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight; And charged perhaps with yenpm, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: . . . , . .: 166 "TltS 1-A'S*. 'BOOK VI. A necessary... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...puhlic path ; But he that has humanity, forwarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. . i' The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, : And...into scenes .- .' ' Sacred to neatness and repose, th1 alcove,- 1 ' The chamher, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no hlame. Not so when,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...at ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose. ...th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory.. ..may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forwarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the...unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refractory, may die. A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so, when held... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...at ev'ning in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the...venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes 570 Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act... | |
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