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Few know thy value , and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours ,
and affect To understand and choose thee for their own . But foolish man
foregoes his proper bliss , Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed
in ...
Few know thy value , and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours ,
and affect To understand and choose thee for their own . But foolish man
foregoes his proper bliss , Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed
in ...
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283 His influence , if that influence all be spent In soothing sorrow and in
quenching strife , In aiding helpless indigence , in works From which at least a
grateful few derive Some taste of comfort in a world of wo , Then let the
supercilious great ...
283 His influence , if that influence all be spent In soothing sorrow and in
quenching strife , In aiding helpless indigence , in works From which at least a
grateful few derive Some taste of comfort in a world of wo , Then let the
supercilious great ...
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1 Would you your son should be a sot or dunce , Lascivious , headstrong ; or all
these at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's finish'd taste For loose expense
and fashionable waste Should prove your ruin and his own at last ; Train him in ...
1 Would you your son should be a sot or dunce , Lascivious , headstrong ; or all
these at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's finish'd taste For loose expense
and fashionable waste Should prove your ruin and his own at last ; Train him in ...
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... most disint'rested and virtuous minds , In early years connected , time unbinds ;
New situations give a diff'rent cast Of habit , inclination , temper , taste ; And he ,
that seem'd our counterpart at first , Soon shows the strong similitude revers'd .
... most disint'rested and virtuous minds , In early years connected , time unbinds ;
New situations give a diff'rent cast Of habit , inclination , temper , taste ; And he ,
that seem'd our counterpart at first , Soon shows the strong similitude revers'd .
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So it is , when the mind is endued With a well - judging taste from above , Then ,
whether embellish'd or rude , ' Tis nature alone that we love . The achievements
of art may amuse , May even our wonder excite , But groves , hills , and vallies ...
So it is , when the mind is endued With a well - judging taste from above , Then ,
whether embellish'd or rude , ' Tis nature alone that we love . The achievements
of art may amuse , May even our wonder excite , But groves , hills , and vallies ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems, Volumen 2 Poems, William Cowper |
| Autor | William Cowper |
| Editor | J. Johnson, 1800 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 25 Abr 2008 |
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