The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... land , 363 —- To be averted only by penitence and prayer , 391 - National corruption portends national destruction , 415 - Public events instruments of judgment in the hand of Providence , 439 — The true poet gifted in part with the ...
... land , 363 —- To be averted only by penitence and prayer , 391 - National corruption portends national destruction , 415 - Public events instruments of judgment in the hand of Providence , 439 — The true poet gifted in part with the ...
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... land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close , With joy beyond what victory bestows , - 60 70 80 81 I Blest country ! where these ...
... land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close , With joy beyond what victory bestows , - 60 70 80 81 I Blest country ! where these ...
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... land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand charms to show , That slaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains beneath her happy reign , The growth that Nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new ...
... land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand charms to show , That slaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains beneath her happy reign , The growth that Nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new ...
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... land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow , To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ...
... land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow , To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ...
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... land , once Christian , fallen and lost , In all that wars against that title most : What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim ; Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome Speak to the present ...
... land , once Christian , fallen and lost , In all that wars against that title most : What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim ; Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome Speak to the present ...
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