The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... praise , His life a lesson to the 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 ...
... praise , His life a lesson to the 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 ...
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... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of ...
... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of ...
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... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . The nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
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... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief ; each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief ; each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
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... praise , Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God the theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above " Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things- The feats of ...
... praise , Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God the theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above " Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things- The feats of ...
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