The Poetical Works of William CowperRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 630 pages |
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... call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels , With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most ...
... call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels , With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most ...
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... Call'd to these crystal streams , do ye turn off Obscene , to swill and wallow at a trough ? Envy the beast , then , on whom heav'n bestows Your pleasures , with no curses in the close . Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the ...
... Call'd to these crystal streams , do ye turn off Obscene , to swill and wallow at a trough ? Envy the beast , then , on whom heav'n bestows Your pleasures , with no curses in the close . Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the ...
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... Call'd to the temple of impure delight , He that abstains , and he alone does right . If a wish wander that way call it home , He cannot long be safe , whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if ...
... Call'd to the temple of impure delight , He that abstains , and he alone does right . If a wish wander that way call it home , He cannot long be safe , whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught , Die then , if ...
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... Call'd thee away from peaceable employ , Domestic happiness and rural joy , To waste thy life in arms , or lay it down In causeless feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy Parliaments adored on bended knees The sovreignty they were ...
... Call'd thee away from peaceable employ , Domestic happiness and rural joy , To waste thy life in arms , or lay it down In causeless feuds and bick'rings of their own : Thy Parliaments adored on bended knees The sovreignty they were ...
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... call'd by the Most High , By such a change thy darkness is made light , Thy chaos order , and thy weakness , might , And he whose power mere nullity obeys , Who found thee nothing , form'd thee for his praise . To praise him is to serve ...
... call'd by the Most High , By such a change thy darkness is made light , Thy chaos order , and thy weakness , might , And he whose power mere nullity obeys , Who found thee nothing , form'd thee for his praise . To praise him is to serve ...
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Aristaus beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper dark delight design'd divine dream e'er earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour int'rest John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind Molière muse nature never night nymph o'er once palæstra peace pity pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride prize proud prove red vengeance rest sacred sapience scene scorn seem'd shepherd's rod shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas ultrà Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue Voyages pointing waste wind wisdom worth youth