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... live the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent odé , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errours are ...
... live the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent odé , his peppercorn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject's faults a subject may proclaim , A monarch's errours are ...
Page 37
... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
... live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind , impressible and soft , with ease ...
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... LIVE . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
... LIVE . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ...
Page 53
... live ! ' Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand , A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
... live ! ' Tis done - the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand , A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
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... , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's eloquence explain . Men deal with life as children with their play , Who first misuse , then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose , and contend , That 28 HOPE .
... , what no thought can ascertain , Nor all an angel's eloquence explain . Men deal with life as children with their play , Who first misuse , then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose , and contend , That 28 HOPE .
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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