The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... boast ) , The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be theirs who hate his gentle reign ; But he that loves him has no need to feign . A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown address'd , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . 81 ...
... boast ) , The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be theirs who hate his gentle reign ; But he that loves him has no need to feign . A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown address'd , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . 81 ...
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... boast of British song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel ...
... boast of British song . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel ...
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... boast some rich ones whom the Gospel sways , And one who wears a coronet and prays ; Like gleanings of an olive - tree , they show , Here and there one upon the topmost bough . How readily , upon the Gospel plan , That question has its ...
... boast some rich ones whom the Gospel sways , And one who wears a coronet and prays ; Like gleanings of an olive - tree , they show , Here and there one upon the topmost bough . How readily , upon the Gospel plan , That question has its ...
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... boast ( but wait for that unhoped - for hour ) The self - restoring arm of human power ! But what is man in his own proud esteem ? Hear him , himself the poet and the theme : A monarch clothed with majesty and awe , His mind his kingdom ...
... boast ( but wait for that unhoped - for hour ) The self - restoring arm of human power ! But what is man in his own proud esteem ? Hear him , himself the poet and the theme : A monarch clothed with majesty and awe , His mind his kingdom ...
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... boasting heard no more ? That self - renouncing wisdom , learn'd before , Had shed immortal glories on your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He can speak— Trembling yet happy , confident yet ...
... boasting heard no more ? That self - renouncing wisdom , learn'd before , Had shed immortal glories on your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He can speak— Trembling yet happy , confident yet ...
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