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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... Covetous only of a virtuous praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; ; To sheathe it in the peace - restoring close , 28 TABLE TALK .
... Covetous only of a virtuous praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; ; To sheathe it in the peace - restoring close , 28 TABLE TALK .
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... 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 forbidden game ! Thus , free from censure , overawed by fear , And praised ...
... 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 forbidden game ! Thus , free from censure , overawed by fear , And praised ...
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... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of ...
... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of ...
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... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
... praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though ...
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... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
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