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... praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheathe it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
... praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways ; To touch the sword with conscientious awe , Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw ; To sheathe it in the peace - restoring close With joy beyond what victory bestows ; Blest country ...
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... 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 forbidden game ! Thus free from censure , overawed by fear , And ...
... 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 forbidden game ! Thus free from censure , overawed by fear , And ...
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... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with TABLE TALK .
... praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with TABLE TALK .
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... 'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey TABLE TALK . 13 VOLUME THE FIRST TABLE Talk.
... 'd a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise , and that alone . Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey TABLE TALK . 13 VOLUME THE FIRST TABLE Talk.
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... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief ; each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
... praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief ; each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor ...
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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