The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page 70
... hast set the persecuted free , None interposes now to succour thee ; Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine ; Thy very children watch for thy disgrace , A lawless brood , and ...
... hast set the persecuted free , None interposes now to succour thee ; Countries indebted to thy power , that shine With light derived from thee , would smother thine ; Thy very children watch for thy disgrace , A lawless brood , and ...
Page 72
... Hast thou ( a sacrilege his soul abhors ) Claim'd all the glory of thy prosperous wars ? Proud of thy fleets and armies , stolen the gem Of his just praise , to lavish it on them ? Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A ...
... Hast thou ( a sacrilege his soul abhors ) Claim'd all the glory of thy prosperous wars ? Proud of thy fleets and armies , stolen the gem Of his just praise , to lavish it on them ? Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A ...
Page 73
... Hast thou , though suckled at fair Freedom's breast , Exported slavery to the conquer'd East ? Pull'd down the tyrants India served with dread , And raised thyself , a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither arm'd and hungry , return'd ...
... Hast thou , though suckled at fair Freedom's breast , Exported slavery to the conquer'd East ? Pull'd down the tyrants India served with dread , And raised thyself , a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither arm'd and hungry , return'd ...
Page 74
... Hast thou , when Heaven has clothed thee with disgrace , And , long provoked , repaid thee to thy face , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
... Hast thou , when Heaven has clothed thee with disgrace , And , long provoked , repaid thee to thy face , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
Page 80
... hast as bright an interest in her rays As ever Roman had in Rome's best days . True freedom is where no restraint is known That Scripture , justice , and good sense disown ; Where only vice and injury are tied , And all from shore to ...
... hast as bright an interest in her rays As ever Roman had in Rome's best days . True freedom is where no restraint is known That Scripture , justice , and good sense disown ; Where only vice and injury are tied , And all from shore to ...
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