The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... hast virtue to deserve them all ; Yet vain , alas ! that idle hope would be That builds on happiness remote from thee . Oh ! may thy charms , whate'er our fate decrees , Please , as they must , but let them only please— Not like the sun ...
... hast virtue to deserve them all ; Yet vain , alas ! that idle hope would be That builds on happiness remote from thee . Oh ! may thy charms , whate'er our fate decrees , Please , as they must , but let them only please— Not like the sun ...
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... hast thou lived so long , Nor yet forgot to love ! Ye Sages ! spite of your pretences To wisdom , you must own Your folly frequently commences When you acknowledge none . Not that I deem it weak to love , Or folly to admire ; But ah ...
... hast thou lived so long , Nor yet forgot to love ! Ye Sages ! spite of your pretences To wisdom , you must own Your folly frequently commences When you acknowledge none . Not that I deem it weak to love , Or folly to admire ; But ah ...
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... hast made us , And died for us in love . And couldst Thou be delighted With creatures such as we , Who , when we saw Thee , slighted , And nail'd Thee to a tree ? Unfathomable wonder , And mystery divine ! The voice that speaks in ...
... hast made us , And died for us in love . And couldst Thou be delighted With creatures such as we , Who , when we saw Thee , slighted , And nail'd Thee to a tree ? Unfathomable wonder , And mystery divine ! The voice that speaks in ...
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... hast done To save me from my sin , I cannot make Thy mercies known , But self - applause creeps in . Divine desire , that holy flame Thy grace creates in me ; Alas ! impatience is its name , When it returns to Thee . This heart , a ...
... hast done To save me from my sin , I cannot make Thy mercies known , But self - applause creeps in . Divine desire , that holy flame Thy grace creates in me ; Alas ! impatience is its name , When it returns to Thee . This heart , a ...
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... hast prepared ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a blood - bought free reward , A golden harp for me ! " Tis strung and tuned for endless years , And form'd by power divine , To sound in God the Father's ears No other name but Thine . XVI ...
... hast prepared ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a blood - bought free reward , A golden harp for me ! " Tis strung and tuned for endless years , And form'd by power divine , To sound in God the Father's ears No other name but Thine . XVI ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty beneath boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly give glory Gordon riots grace groves hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour John Gilpin JOHN MILTON John Throckmorton kings labour light live Lord lost lyre mind Muse Nathaniel Cotton nature never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas Parnassian peace Phoebus pleasure poet praise prove rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth