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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... engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon Obsequious from. TABLE TALK . 29.
... engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon Obsequious from. TABLE TALK . 29.
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... o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land ...
... o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land ...
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... O'er all his thoughts , and swell'd his easy sail : His books well trimm'd , and in the gayest style , Like regimental coxcombs , rank and file , Adorn his intellects as well as shelves , And teach him notions splendid as themselves ...
... O'er all his thoughts , and swell'd his easy sail : His books well trimm'd , and in the gayest style , Like regimental coxcombs , rank and file , Adorn his intellects as well as shelves , And teach him notions splendid as themselves ...
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... o'er his woes The dying , trembling at the awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope ...
... o'er his woes The dying , trembling at the awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope ...
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... o'er every country sown , With none on earth that thou canst call thine own ; Cry aloud , thou that sittest in the dust , Cry to the proud , the cruel , and unjust ; Knock at the gates of nations , rouse their fears ; Say wrath is ...
... o'er every country sown , With none on earth that thou canst call thine own ; Cry aloud , thou that sittest in the dust , Cry to the proud , the cruel , and unjust ; Knock at the gates of nations , rouse their fears ; Say wrath is ...
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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