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He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to
strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark
decisive hour . So Gideon earned a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise
...
He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to
strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark
decisive hour . So Gideon earned a victory not his own ; Subserviency his praise
...
Side 36
( A dire effect , by one of nature ' s laws Unchangeably connected with its cause )
; But Providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure over the
scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What barns at home , or
threatens ...
( A dire effect , by one of nature ' s laws Unchangeably connected with its cause )
; But Providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure over the
scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What barns at home , or
threatens ...
Side 41
Thus genius rose and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant
climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece , in Italy he
rose ; And , tedious years of Gothic darkness passed , Emerged all splendour in
our ...
Thus genius rose and set at ordered times , And shot a day - spring into distant
climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece , in Italy he
rose ; And , tedious years of Gothic darkness passed , Emerged all splendour in
our ...
Side 43
... Religion harsh , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe ,
Drew a rough copy of the Christian face Without the smile , the sweetness , or the
grace : The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every TABLE TALK . : 43.
... Religion harsh , intolerant , austere , Parent of manners like herself severe ,
Drew a rough copy of the Christian face Without the smile , the sweetness , or the
grace : The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every TABLE TALK . : 43.
Side 44
The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ;
Verse , in the finest mould of fancy , cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste :
But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a ...
The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ;
Verse , in the finest mould of fancy , cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste :
But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Poems, Volum 1 Poems, William Cowper |
| Forfatter | William Cowper |
| Utgiver | J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 1. des 2008 |
| Lengde | 436 sider |
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