Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... 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 sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
... 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 sheath it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
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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 , over - aw'd by fear , And ...
... 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 , over - aw'd by fear , And ...
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... praise when well - wrought plans pre- vail , But to be rudely censur'd when they fail ; To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His gall'ries with the works of ...
... praise when well - wrought plans pre- vail , But to be rudely censur'd when they fail ; To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His gall'ries with the works of ...
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... praise . Make their heroic pow'rs your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
... praise . Make their heroic pow'rs your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
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... praise , Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God the theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above " Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things- The feats of ...
... praise , Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God the theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above " Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things- The feats of ...
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