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Page 12
... plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As ...
... plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As ...
Page 29
... 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 the staunchest hound he keeps . Charged with the folly of his life's ...
... 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 the staunchest hound he keeps . Charged with the folly of his life's ...
Page 32
... plain , The painted tablets , dealt and dealt again ! Cards , with what rapture , and the polish'd die , The yawning chasm of indolence supply ! Then to the dance , and make the sober moon Witness of joys , that shun the sight of noon ...
... plain , The painted tablets , dealt and dealt again ! Cards , with what rapture , and the polish'd die , The yawning chasm of indolence supply ! Then to the dance , and make the sober moon Witness of joys , that shun the sight of noon ...
Page 39
... plain to others , is obscure to him . The Will made subject to a lawless force , All is irregular and out of course ; And Judgment drunk , and bribed to lose his way , Winks hard , and talks of darkness at noonday . A critic on the ...
... plain to others , is obscure to him . The Will made subject to a lawless force , All is irregular and out of course ; And Judgment drunk , and bribed to lose his way , Winks hard , and talks of darkness at noonday . A critic on the ...
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... plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober ...
... plain direction , and are lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober ...
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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