Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 |
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Page 31
... wish to be imposed on , and then are . And , lest the fulsome artifice should fail , Themselves will hide his coarseness with a veil . Not more industrious are the just and true , To give to virtue what is virtue's due --- The praise of ...
... wish to be imposed on , and then are . And , lest the fulsome artifice should fail , Themselves will hide his coarseness with a veil . Not more industrious are the just and true , To give to virtue what is virtue's due --- The praise of ...
Page 39
... wish wander that way , call it home ; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam . But , if you pass the threshold , you are caught ; Die then , if power Almighty save you not . There hardening by degrees , till double steeled , Take ...
... wish wander that way , call it home ; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam . But , if you pass the threshold , you are caught ; Die then , if power Almighty save you not . There hardening by degrees , till double steeled , Take ...
Page 104
... wish can prosper , or what prayer , For merchants rich in cargoes of despair , Who drive a loathsome traffic , gauge , and span , And buy the muscles and the bones of man ? The tender ties of father , husband , friend , All bonds of ...
... wish can prosper , or what prayer , For merchants rich in cargoes of despair , Who drive a loathsome traffic , gauge , and span , And buy the muscles and the bones of man ? The tender ties of father , husband , friend , All bonds of ...
Page 127
... wish they had . Some fretful tempers wince at every touch , You always do too little or too much : You speak with life , in hopes to entertain --- Your elevated voice goes through the brain ; You fall at once into a lower key ; That's ...
... wish they had . Some fretful tempers wince at every touch , You always do too little or too much : You speak with life , in hopes to entertain --- Your elevated voice goes through the brain ; You fall at once into a lower key ; That's ...
Page 144
... wish , or seem to wish , they could forego ; The statesman , lawyer , merchant , man of trade , Pants for the refuge of some rural shade , Where , all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms of a sequestered spot , Or recollected only ...
... wish , or seem to wish , they could forego ; The statesman , lawyer , merchant , man of trade , Pants for the refuge of some rural shade , Where , all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms of a sequestered spot , Or recollected only ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth