The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... gold , Yields no unpleasing ramble ; there the turf Smells fresh , and rich in odoriferous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better ...
... gold , Yields no unpleasing ramble ; there the turf Smells fresh , and rich in odoriferous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better ...
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... gold they touch , Conveying worthless dross into its place . 570 Loud when they beg , dumb only when they steal . Strange ! that a creature rational , and cast In human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable ...
... gold they touch , Conveying worthless dross into its place . 570 Loud when they beg , dumb only when they steal . Strange ! that a creature rational , and cast In human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable ...
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... gold . 735 43 One to destroy is murder by the law , And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe . To murder thousands takes a specious name . Young . Satire vii . Where little villains must submit to fate , That great ones may enjoy the ...
... gold . 735 43 One to destroy is murder by the law , And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe . To murder thousands takes a specious name . Young . Satire vii . Where little villains must submit to fate , That great ones may enjoy the ...
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... gold what Christians do for grace , With open arms their enemies embrace . Young . Satire vii . Then peers grew proud in horsemanship to excel , Newmarket's glory rose , as Britain's fell . Pope . Imit . of Horace , ii . 1 . But ...
... gold what Christians do for grace , With open arms their enemies embrace . Young . Satire vii . Then peers grew proud in horsemanship to excel , Newmarket's glory rose , as Britain's fell . Pope . Imit . of Horace , ii . 1 . But ...
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... gold , And well prepared by ignorance and sloth , By infidelity and love of the world 380 385 To make God's work a sinecure ; a slave To his own pleasures and his patron's pride ; From such apostles , O ye mitred heads , 390 Preserve ...
... gold , And well prepared by ignorance and sloth , By infidelity and love of the world 380 385 To make God's work a sinecure ; a slave To his own pleasures and his patron's pride ; From such apostles , O ye mitred heads , 390 Preserve ...
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