The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
... wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
Page 48
... wisdom short Of man's occasions , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has serv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would sit ...
... wisdom short Of man's occasions , when in him reside Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathom'd store ? How oft , when Paul has serv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preach'd ! Men that , if now alive , would sit ...
Page 56
... wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what they see Of vice in others but enhancing more The charms of virtue in their just esteem . If such escape contagion , and emerge Pure from so foul a pool to shine abroad , And give the ...
... wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what they see Of vice in others but enhancing more The charms of virtue in their just esteem . If such escape contagion , and emerge Pure from so foul a pool to shine abroad , And give the ...
Page 59
... wisdom , when the fault Is obstinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic Happiness thou only bliss Of Paradise , thou hast surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm ...
... wisdom , when the fault Is obstinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic Happiness thou only bliss Of Paradise , thou hast surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm ...
Page 63
... will judge the Earth , and call the fool To a sharp reck'ning , that has liv'd in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible result 4 So hollow and so false - I feel my THE GARDEN . 63.
... will judge the Earth , and call the fool To a sharp reck'ning , that has liv'd in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible result 4 So hollow and so false - I feel my THE GARDEN . 63.
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