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... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the World . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the World . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath ...
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... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been , God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
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... soon opening- In rushes Folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errours of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
... soon opening- In rushes Folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errours of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
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... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound , Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
... soon fill the creeks around , Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound , Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge the unwholesome food . The propagated myriads spread so fast , E'en Leuwenhoeck ...
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... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part - his head ; For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
... soon repaid In praise applied to the same part - his head ; For ' tis a rule , that holds for ever true , Grant me discernment , and I grant it you . Patient of contradiction as a child , Affable , humble , diffident , and mild ; Such ...
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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