Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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Page 22
... breath of fame , Prompt his endeavour , and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ! The gift , whose office is the Giver's praise , To trace him in his word , his works , his ...
... breath of fame , Prompt his endeavour , and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ! The gift , whose office is the Giver's praise , To trace him in his word , his works , his ...
Page 49
... breath , And smothered in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the live ...
... breath , And smothered in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the live ...
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... breath . Who brought the lamp that with awaking beams Dispelled thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepid and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt : But still light reached thee ; and those gods ...
... breath . Who brought the lamp that with awaking beams Dispelled thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepid and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt : But still light reached thee ; and those gods ...
Page 80
... breath , Sighs for his exit , vulgarly called death ; For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then , perhaps , a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he ...
... breath , Sighs for his exit , vulgarly called death ; For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then , perhaps , a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he ...
Page 104
... breath , A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death . The sable warrior frantic with regret Of her he loves , and never can forget , Loses in tears the far - receding shore , But not the thought that they must meet no more ; Deprived of ...
... breath , A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death . The sable warrior frantic with regret Of her he loves , and never can forget , Loses in tears the far - receding shore , But not the thought that they must meet no more ; Deprived of ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth