The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... form'd in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ...
... form'd in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ...
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... form'd like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away . He drinks his ...
... form'd like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away . He drinks his ...
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... form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical as others at his own . He cannot drink five bottles , bilk the score , Then kill a constable , and drink five more ; But he ...
... form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical as others at his own . He cannot drink five bottles , bilk the score , Then kill a constable , and drink five more ; But he ...
Page 38
... form'd to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ; Hence all that interferes , and dares ...
... form'd to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ; Hence all that interferes , and dares ...
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... form'd and fix'd design , To thrust the charge of deeds that I detest Against an innocent unconscious breast : The man that dares traduce , because he can With safety to himself , is not a man : An individual is a sacred mark , Not to ...
... form'd and fix'd design , To thrust the charge of deeds that I detest Against an innocent unconscious breast : The man that dares traduce , because he can With safety to himself , is not a man : An individual is a sacred mark , Not to ...
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