The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...James R. Osgood and Company, 1877 |
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... thee . IV . Jehovah - Nissi . The Lord my Banner . 235 236 • 237 238 · v . Jehovah - Shalom . VI . Wisdom The Lord send Peace • 239 · 240 VII . Vanity of the World • 241 VIII . O Lord , I will praise thee • 242 IX . The Contrite Heart ...
... thee . IV . Jehovah - Nissi . The Lord my Banner . 235 236 • 237 238 · v . Jehovah - Shalom . VI . Wisdom The Lord send Peace • 239 · 240 VII . Vanity of the World • 241 VIII . O Lord , I will praise thee • 242 IX . The Contrite Heart ...
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... Thee , gentle savage ! 1 whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence ...
... Thee , gentle savage ! 1 whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence ...
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... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) , I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
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... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems in their eyes a mercy for thy sake . Such evil Sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in Heaven ...
... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems in their eyes a mercy for thy sake . Such evil Sin hath wrought ; and such a flame Kindled in Heaven ...
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... thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all ...
... thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . Did not his eye rule all ...
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