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William Cowper. CONTENTS . VOLUME THE FIRST . TABLE Talk Progress of Error Truth • Expostulation Hope Charity Conversation Retirement Pictur On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture Heroism Friendship Ode to Peace Boadicea . Ode to Apollo ...
William Cowper. CONTENTS . VOLUME THE FIRST . TABLE Talk Progress of Error Truth • Expostulation Hope Charity Conversation Retirement Pictur On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture Heroism Friendship Ode to Peace Boadicea . Ode to Apollo ...
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... truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ...
... truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ...
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... But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , 14 TABLE TALK .
... But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , 14 TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper. Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punish'd ...
William Cowper. Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and Justice marks the date , For long - forbearing Clemency to wait ; That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punish'd ...
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... truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line ...
... truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper in the morris - dance of verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line ...
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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