The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; - If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up - stairs , To which the unwash'd artificer repairs ; To indulge ...
... tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; - If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up - stairs , To which the unwash'd artificer repairs ; To indulge ...
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... tongue , I hear as mute as if a siren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's 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 ...
... tongue , I hear as mute as if a siren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's 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 ...
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... tongue inquires how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once Christian , fallen and lost , In all ...
... tongue inquires how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once Christian , fallen and lost , In all ...
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... tongue , That He who died below and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile , By flowing numbers and a flowery style , The tedium that the lazy rich endure , Which now and ...
... tongue , That He who died below and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile , By flowing numbers and a flowery style , The tedium that the lazy rich endure , Which now and ...
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... tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for , indifferent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause ) , Whatever shocks , or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense ( Try the criterion , ' tis a faithful guide ) ...
... tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for , indifferent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause ) , Whatever shocks , or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense ( Try the criterion , ' tis a faithful guide ) ...
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