The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... live , the courtly laureate 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 , A monarch's errors are ...
... live , the courtly laureate 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 , A monarch's errors are ...
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... live yat : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
... live yat : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
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... live Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
... live Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain , ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
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... live ! ' Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
... live ! ' Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
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... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
... Live to no sober purpose , and contend That their Creator had no serious end . When God and man stand opposite in view , Man's disappointment must of course ensue . The just Creator condescends to write , In beams of inextinguishable ...
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