Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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... fire : 3 Then nature injur'd , scandaliz'd , defil'd , Unveil'd her blushing cheek , look'd on and smil❜d , Beheld with joy the lovely scene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her beauties waste . Far be the thought from any ...
... fire : 3 Then nature injur'd , scandaliz'd , defil'd , Unveil'd her blushing cheek , look'd on and smil❜d , Beheld with joy the lovely scene defac'd , And prais'd the wrath that lay'd her beauties waste . Far be the thought from any ...
Page 315
... fire to boast , That in the valley of decline are lost , And virtue with peculiar charms appears , Crown'd with the garland of life's blooming years ; Yet age by long experience well inform'd , Well read , well temper'd , with religion ...
... fire to boast , That in the valley of decline are lost , And virtue with peculiar charms appears , Crown'd with the garland of life's blooming years ; Yet age by long experience well inform'd , Well read , well temper'd , with religion ...
Page 316
... fire is catching if you draw too near , But sage observers oft mistake the flame , And give true piety that odious name . To tremble ( as the creature of an hour Ought at the view of an almighty power ) Before his presence , at whose ...
... fire is catching if you draw too near , But sage observers oft mistake the flame , And give true piety that odious name . To tremble ( as the creature of an hour Ought at the view of an almighty power ) Before his presence , at whose ...
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beneath bids blest boast call'd cause charms dæmons dear death delight divine dread dream earth ease edition ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fill'd flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour INNER TEMPLE John John Gilpin John Newton John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL land learn'd letters light Lord lost mankind Martin Madan mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poems poet pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rest sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sweet task taste TEXT thee theme thine thou art thought thousand toil tongue truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste Westminster School Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER William Hayley wind wisdom youth