The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... 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 of Providence , and squander life . The dream is ...
... 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 of Providence , and squander life . The dream is ...
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... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , 665 From which no power of thine can raise her up . 660 Thus Fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs ...
... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , 665 From which no power of thine can raise her up . 660 Thus Fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs ...
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... thine escape , Far guiltier England ! lest he spare not 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 ...
... thine escape , Far guiltier England ! lest he spare not 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 ...
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... thine eyes with eyesalve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught , 200 204 And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee still , My country ! and while yet a nook is left ...
... thine eyes with eyesalve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught , 200 204 And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee still , My country ! and while yet a nook is left ...
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... thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heaven - born , and destined to the skies again . 50 Thou art not known where Pleasure is adored , That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wandering eyes , still leaning ...
... thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heaven - born , and destined to the skies again . 50 Thou art not known where Pleasure is adored , That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wandering eyes , still leaning ...
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