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Page 6
... busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon Obsequious from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the flatterer bows , And binds a wreath about their baby brows ; Whom Education stiffens into ...
... busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon Obsequious from the cradle to the throne ; Before whose infant eyes the flatterer bows , And binds a wreath about their baby brows ; Whom Education stiffens into ...
Page 39
... busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clash With indolence and luxury , is trash : While learning , once the man's exclusive pride , Seems verging fast towards the female side . Learning ...
... busy , trifling ; empty , though refined ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clash With indolence and luxury , is trash : While learning , once the man's exclusive pride , Seems verging fast towards the female side . Learning ...
Page 46
... busy or too gay to wait On the sad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day , and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not so light . Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of the laws ...
... busy or too gay to wait On the sad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day , and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not so light . Who judged the Pharisee ? What odious cause Exposed him to the vengeance of the laws ...
Page 63
... busy Commerce waits , To pour his golden tide through all her gates ; Whom fiery suns , that scorch the russet spice Of Eastern groves , and oceans floor'd with ice Forbid in vain to push his daring way To darker climes , or climes of ...
... busy Commerce waits , To pour his golden tide through all her gates ; Whom fiery suns , that scorch the russet spice Of Eastern groves , and oceans floor'd with ice Forbid in vain to push his daring way To darker climes , or climes of ...
Page 68
... busy and laborious hand The blessings of the most indebted land ; What nation will you find , whose annals prove So rich an interest in Almighty love ; Where dwell they now , where dwelt in ancient day , A people planted , water'd ...
... busy and laborious hand The blessings of the most indebted land ; What nation will you find , whose annals prove So rich an interest in Almighty love ; Where dwell they now , where dwelt in ancient day , A people planted , water'd ...
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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