The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... scorn of arbitrary power , 205 - French character , as con- trasted with English , 235 - Blessings of freedom , 261 - Restraint of just laws necessary to true liberty , 311 - Riot the result of unrestrained free- dom , 319 - Patriots ...
... scorn of arbitrary power , 205 - French character , as con- trasted with English , 235 - Blessings of freedom , 261 - Restraint of just laws necessary to true liberty , 311 - Riot the result of unrestrained free- dom , 319 - Patriots ...
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... scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking 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 ...
... scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking 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 ...
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... scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . 179 190 200 B. The cause , though worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take ...
... scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . 179 190 200 B. The cause , though worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take ...
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... scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of n.usic shakes the astonish'd crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ...
... scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of n.usic shakes the astonish'd crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ...
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... Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food : The propagated myriads spread so fast , Even Leuwenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate the enormous sum , And own his ...
... Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food : The propagated myriads spread so fast , Even Leuwenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate the enormous sum , And own his ...
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