The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... virtue . The South Sea - islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . His present state of mind supposed . Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities . Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due praise ...
... virtue . The South Sea - islanders compassionated , but chiefly Omai . His present state of mind supposed . Civilized life friendly to virtue , but not great cities . Great cities , and London in particular , allowed their due praise ...
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... virtues could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 150 But genuine , and ...
... virtues could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 150 But genuine , and ...
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... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous , ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And ...
... virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous , ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And ...
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... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclosed In ...
... virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclosed In ...
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... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 665 670 675 680 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft 2 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and most ...
... virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 665 670 675 680 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft 2 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and most ...
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