The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1879 |
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Page 87
... Hast thou , though suckled at fair Freedom's breast , Exported slavery to the conquered East ? 365 Pulled down the tyrants India served with dread , And raised thyself , a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither armed and hungry ...
... Hast thou , though suckled at fair Freedom's breast , Exported slavery to the conquered East ? 365 Pulled down the tyrants India served with dread , And raised thyself , a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither armed and hungry ...
Page 89
... hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When Sin has shed dishonour on thy brow , And never of a sabler hue than now ) 390 395 Hast thou , with heart perverse and conscience seared , Despising ...
... hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When Sin has shed dishonour on thy brow , And never of a sabler hue than now ) 390 395 Hast thou , with heart perverse and conscience seared , Despising ...
Page 122
... hast wrought , And none can teach them but whom thou hast taught . Oh ! see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the design ...
... hast wrought , And none can teach them but whom thou hast taught . Oh ! see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the design ...
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