The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page 20
... true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock . Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
... true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself station'd on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a flock . Some royal mastiff panting at their heels ...
Page 22
... True . While they live , the courtly laureat ; pays , His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite : A subject's faults a subject may proclaim ...
... True . While they live , the courtly laureat ; pays , His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite : A subject's faults a subject may proclaim ...
Page 29
... true . There is a time , and justice marks the date , For long - forbearing clemency to wait ; That hour elaps'd , the incurable revolt Is punish'd , and down comes the thunderbolt . If Mercy then put by the threat'ning blow , Must she ...
... true . There is a time , and justice marks the date , For long - forbearing clemency to wait ; That hour elaps'd , the incurable revolt Is punish'd , and down comes the thunderbolt . If Mercy then put by the threat'ning blow , Must she ...
Page 37
... his last powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And , ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . " Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire TABLE TALK . 37.
... his last powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And , ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . " Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire TABLE TALK . 37.
Page 41
... True beagle at the stanchest hound he keeps . Charg'd with the folly of his life's mad scene , He takes offence , and wonders what you mean ; The joy the danger and the toil o'erpays- " Tis exercise , and health , and length of days ...
... True beagle at the stanchest hound he keeps . Charg'd with the folly of his life's mad scene , He takes offence , and wonders what you mean ; The joy the danger and the toil o'erpays- " Tis exercise , and health , and length of days ...
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