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Great contest follows , and much learned dust Involves the combatants ; each
claiming truth , And truth disclaiming both . And thus they spend The little wick of
life's poor shallow lamp , In playing tricks with nature , giving laws To distant
worlds ...
Great contest follows , and much learned dust Involves the combatants ; each
claiming truth , And truth disclaiming both . And thus they spend The little wick of
life's poor shallow lamp , In playing tricks with nature , giving laws To distant
worlds ...
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Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The
only amaranthine flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting treasure , truth . But
what is truth ? ' twas Pilate's question , put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no
reply .
Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below . The
only amaranthine flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting treasure , truth . But
what is truth ? ' twas Pilate's question , put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no
reply .
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Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claimOur claim to feed upon
immortal truth , To walk with God , to be divinely free , To soar , and to anticipate
the skies ! Yet few remember them . They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd ...
Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claimOur claim to feed upon
immortal truth , To walk with God , to be divinely free , To soar , and to anticipate
the skies ! Yet few remember them . They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd ...
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Such rhapsodies our shrewd discerning youth Learn from expert inquiries after
truth ; Whose only care , might truth presume to speak , Is not to find what they
profess to seek . And thus , well - tutor'd only while we share A mother's lectures
and ...
Such rhapsodies our shrewd discerning youth Learn from expert inquiries after
truth ; Whose only care , might truth presume to speak , Is not to find what they
profess to seek . And thus , well - tutor'd only while we share A mother's lectures
and ...
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William Cowper. : This truth premis'd was needful as a text , To win due credence
to what follows next . Awhile they mus'd ; surveying ev'ry face , Thou hadst
suppos'd them of superior race ; Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd ,
Stamp'd ...
William Cowper. : This truth premis'd was needful as a text , To win due credence
to what follows next . Awhile they mus'd ; surveying ev'ry face , Thou hadst
suppos'd them of superior race ; Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd ,
Stamp'd ...
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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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