The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 1William P. Nimmo, 1869 - 428 pages |
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... 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 Blest country ! where these kingly glories shine , Blest TABLE TALK . 3.
... 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 Blest country ! where these kingly glories shine , Blest TABLE TALK . 3.
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With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes William Cowper Charles Cowden Clarke. Blest country ! where these kingly glories shine , Blest England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe ...
With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes William Cowper Charles Cowden Clarke. Blest country ! where these kingly glories shine , Blest England ! if this happiness be thine . A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic tribe ...
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... blest above , Heaven's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
... blest above , Heaven's harmony is universal love ; And earthly sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train ...
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... blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguish'd above all the six , By deeds in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
... blest With holiness and consecrated rest . Pastime and business both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly distinguish'd above all the six , By deeds in which the world must never mix . Hear him again . He ...
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... d to the last screw that he can bear , Yield only discord in his Maker's ear : Once the blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , 355 360 370 380 Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly TRUTH . 55.
... d to the last screw that he can bear , Yield only discord in his Maker's ear : Once the blest residence of truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , 355 360 370 380 Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly TRUTH . 55.
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