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Page 13
... appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that ...
... appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that ...
Page 19
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a dayspring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
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... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; " Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
Page 37
... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew , That Education gives her , false or true ...
... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew , That Education gives her , false or true ...
Page 49
... appears on strictest search , But that she fasts , and item , goes to church . Conscious of age she recollects her youth , And tells , not always with an eye to truth , Who spann'd her waist , and who , where'er he came , Scrawl'd upon ...
... appears on strictest search , But that she fasts , and item , goes to church . Conscious of age she recollects her youth , And tells , not always with an eye to truth , Who spann'd her waist , and who , where'er he came , Scrawl'd upon ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Cheapside CHISWICK courser dark dear deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Edmonton errours eyes fair Fancy fear feel fire flowers folly fool form'd frown GEORGE ROMNEY Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast hate heart Heaven heavenly hope hour JOHN GILPIN labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mind muse Nature never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps Pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride proud prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight sithe skies smile song SONNET sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas verse VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wintry wisdom zeal