The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... human ear . 13 Hæc placuit semel , et decies repetita placebit . Hor . 14 Sustain , Thou only canst , the sick of heart , Restore their languid spirits , and recall Their lost affections unto thee and thine . 170 175 180 185 190 195 ...
... human ear . 13 Hæc placuit semel , et decies repetita placebit . Hor . 14 Sustain , Thou only canst , the sick of heart , Restore their languid spirits , and recall Their lost affections unto thee and thine . 170 175 180 185 190 195 ...
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... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable of arts 575 By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil . Yet even these , though ...
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature , and though capable of arts 575 By which the world might profit and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil . Yet even these , though ...
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... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And ...
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... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on every side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has ...
... human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on every side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has ...
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... human hands . The pulpit therefore , ( and I name it , fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ; ) The pulpit , ( when the satirist has at last , Strutting and vapouring in an empty ...
... human hands . The pulpit therefore , ( and I name it , fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ; ) The pulpit , ( when the satirist has at last , Strutting and vapouring in an empty ...
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