The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... pity than blame the physicians , and at all events , in God's name , let us not reflect upon the remedy ! The malady was beyond them , and beyond man , and beyond time , and so afterwards it was abundantly proved . We Mr Newton ...
... pity than blame the physicians , and at all events , in God's name , let us not reflect upon the remedy ! The malady was beyond them , and beyond man , and beyond time , and so afterwards it was abundantly proved . We Mr Newton ...
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... pity kings , whom worship waits upon Obsequious , from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the flatterer bows , And binds a wreath about their baby brows ; Whom education stiffens into state , And death awakens from that ...
... pity kings , whom worship waits upon Obsequious , from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the flatterer bows , And binds a wreath about their baby brows ; Whom education stiffens into state , And death awakens from that ...
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... Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! 688 700 The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray , And every Muse attend her in her way . 721 1 710 Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And ...
... Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! 688 700 The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray , And every Muse attend her in her way . 721 1 710 Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend , And ...
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... Have you no touch of pity , that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door ? Or if yourself , too scantily supplied , Need help , let honest industry provide . 250 Earn , if you want ; if you abound , 32 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... Have you no touch of pity , that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door ? Or if yourself , too scantily supplied , Need help , let honest industry provide . 250 Earn , if you want ; if you abound , 32 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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... pity moved , Return'd them happy to the land they loved ; There , proof against Prosperity , awhile They stood the test of her ensnaring smile , And had the grace in scenes of peace to show The virtue they had learn'd in scenes of woe ...
... pity moved , Return'd them happy to the land they loved ; There , proof against Prosperity , awhile They stood the test of her ensnaring smile , And had the grace in scenes of peace to show The virtue they had learn'd in scenes of woe ...
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