The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in Virtue's lap her just reward ...
... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in Virtue's lap her just reward ...
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... mankind . His form robust , and of elastic tone , Proportion'd well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well lodged , and masculine of course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty , inspires And keeps ...
... mankind . His form robust , and of elastic tone , Proportion'd well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well lodged , and masculine of course . Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty , inspires And keeps ...
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... mankind can have at stake ; Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's Muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou ...
... mankind can have at stake ; Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's Muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou ...
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... mankind ; — And as the sun , in rising beauty dress'd , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
... mankind ; — And as the sun , in rising beauty dress'd , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
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... the Giver's praise , To trace him in his Word , his works , his ways ; Then spread the rich discovery , and invite Mankind to share in the divine delight ; 722 730 740 750 Distorted from its use and just design , To make TABLE TALK . 23.
... the Giver's praise , To trace him in his Word , his works , his ways ; Then spread the rich discovery , and invite Mankind to share in the divine delight ; 722 730 740 750 Distorted from its use and just design , To make TABLE TALK . 23.
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