The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows ; And when recording ...
... honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that Justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows ; And when recording ...
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... honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as these decline , decay . In just resentment of his injured laws , He pours contempt on them and on their cause ; Strikes the rough thread of error right athwart The web of ...
... honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as these decline , decay . In just resentment of his injured laws , He pours contempt on them and on their cause ; Strikes the rough thread of error right athwart The web of ...
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... honours attending a hopeless death , 260 — Each man's belief right in his own eyes , 276 - Only one right way to eternal life , 302 -Offers of salvation by free grace repugnant to human pride , 322 - Loose ideas of the way of salvation ...
... honours attending a hopeless death , 260 — Each man's belief right in his own eyes , 276 - Only one right way to eternal life , 302 -Offers of salvation by free grace repugnant to human pride , 322 - Loose ideas of the way of salvation ...
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... honour of his endless love , To fill with fragrance his abode above ; No trifle , howsoever short it seem , And , howsoever shadowy , no dream : Its value , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's eloquence explain . Men deal ...
... honour of his endless love , To fill with fragrance his abode above ; No trifle , howsoever short it seem , And , howsoever shadowy , no dream : Its value , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's eloquence explain . Men deal ...
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... honours of her name ) To men of pedigree , their noble race , Emulous always of the nearest place To any throne , except the throne of grace . Let cottagers and unenlighten'd swains Revere the laws they dream that Heaven ordains ...
... honours of her name ) To men of pedigree , their noble race , Emulous always of the nearest place To any throne , except the throne of grace . Let cottagers and unenlighten'd swains Revere the laws they dream that Heaven ordains ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper dark delight design'd distant divine dream earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human Huntingtown John Gilpin John Newton labour land learn'd light live lost lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps Pharisee pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rude sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas verse virtue Voltaire Warren Hastings waste Westminster School WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth