The Poems of William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner TempleCrosby and Nichols, 1863 - 491 páginas |
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... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
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... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but the rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but the rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
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... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste combined , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste combined , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
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... scenes , and wilds unknown With artless airs and concerts of her own ; But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence- Fervency , freedom , fluency of thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely ...
... scenes , and wilds unknown With artless airs and concerts of her own ; But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence- Fervency , freedom , fluency of thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely ...
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... scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the claim . Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she ...
... scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the claim . Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! The flowers would spring where'er she ...
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