The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper,esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce whose fingers itch to write , Adds as he can his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are ...
... live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce whose fingers itch to write , Adds as he can his tributary mite . A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errors are ...
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... live yet ? One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
... live yet ? One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
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... live Too many , shock'd at what should charın them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! — Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
... live Too many , shock'd at what should charın them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! — Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
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... live ! " Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more . Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . , A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
... live ! " Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more . Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . , A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
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... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
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ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth