The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... Thee , gentle savage ! † whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , 625 630 635 Or else vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts ...
... Thee , gentle savage ! † whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity , perhaps , 625 630 635 Or else vain - glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts ...
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... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
... thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? Rude as thou art ( for we returned thee rude And ignorant , except of outward show ) I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart And spiritless , as never to regret ...
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... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , 130 That even a judgment , making way for thee , Seems , in their eyes , a mercy , for thy sake . 135 Such evil Sin hath wrought , and such a flame Kindled ...
... thee , would not hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , 130 That even a judgment , making way for thee , Seems , in their eyes , a mercy , for thy sake . 135 Such evil Sin hath wrought , and such a flame Kindled ...
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... thee . Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . 160 165 Did not his eye rule ...
... thee . Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme . 160 165 Did not his eye rule ...
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... thee still , My country ! and while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrained to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deformed With dripping rains , or withered ...
... thee still , My country ! and while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrained to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deformed With dripping rains , or withered ...
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