The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom worship waits upon Obsequious , from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the ...
... o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom worship waits upon Obsequious , from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the ...
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... o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , 417 430 440 450 Are but his rods to scourge ...
... o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , 417 430 440 450 Are but his rods to scourge ...
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... O'er all his thoughts , and swell'd his easy sail : His books , well trimm'd , and in the gayest style , Like regimental coxcombs , rank and file , 389 400 410 420 Adorn his intellects as well as shelves , And teach 56 TRUTH .
... O'er all his thoughts , and swell'd his easy sail : His books , well trimm'd , and in the gayest style , Like regimental coxcombs , rank and file , 389 400 410 420 Adorn his intellects as well as shelves , And teach 56 TRUTH .
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... o'er his woes ; The dying , trembling at their awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; - Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or ...
... o'er his woes ; The dying , trembling at their awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; - Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or ...
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... o'er every country sown , With none on earth that thou canst call thine own ; Cry aloud , thou that sittest in the dust , Cry to the proud , the cruel , and unjust ; Knock at the gates of nations , rouse their fears , Say wrath is ...
... o'er every country sown , With none on earth that thou canst call thine own ; Cry aloud , thou that sittest in the dust , Cry to the proud , the cruel , and unjust ; Knock at the gates of nations , rouse their fears , Say wrath is ...
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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