The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 1William P. Nimmo, 1869 - 428 pages |
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... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , 112 120 130 140 Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment TABLE TALK . 5 10.
... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , 112 120 130 140 Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment TABLE TALK . 5 10.
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... labour and when dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St Dunstan's stand , Beating alternately , in measured time , The clockwork tintinnabulum of rhyme , Exact and regular the sounds will be , But such mere quarter - strokes ...
... labour and when dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St Dunstan's stand , Beating alternately , in measured time , The clockwork tintinnabulum of rhyme , Exact and regular the sounds will be , But such mere quarter - strokes ...
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... of promise , how it flings abroad Its odour o'er the Christian's thorny road ! The soul , reposing on assured relief , Feels herself happy amidst all her grief , 423 430 440 450 Forgets her labour as she toils along , Weeps tears TRUTH .
... of promise , how it flings abroad Its odour o'er the Christian's thorny road ! The soul , reposing on assured relief , Feels herself happy amidst all her grief , 423 430 440 450 Forgets her labour as she toils along , Weeps tears TRUTH .
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... labour as she toils along , Weeps tears of joy , and bursts into a song . But the same word that , like the polish'd share , Ploughs up the roots of a believer's care , Kills too the flowery weeds , where'er they grow , That bind the ...
... labour as she toils along , Weeps tears of joy , and bursts into a song . But the same word that , like the polish'd share , Ploughs up the roots of a believer's care , Kills too the flowery weeds , where'er they grow , That bind the ...
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... Labour sweats in vain ; War lays a burden on the reeling state , And Peace does nothing to relieve the weight ; Successive loads succeeding broils impose , And sighing millions prophesy the close . Is adverse Providence , when ponder'd ...
... Labour sweats in vain ; War lays a burden on the reeling state , And Peace does nothing to relieve the weight ; Successive loads succeeding broils impose , And sighing millions prophesy the close . Is adverse Providence , when ponder'd ...
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