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Side x
It is the balm and cordial of the present life , and a sovereign antidote against the
fear of death . Sed hactenus hæc . Some smaller pieces upon less important
subjects close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to
...
It is the balm and cordial of the present life , and a sovereign antidote against the
fear of death . Sed hactenus hæc . Some smaller pieces upon less important
subjects close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to
...
Side 20
... as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject ' s faults a subject may proclaim , A
monarch ' s errors are forbidden game ! Thus free from censure , over - awed by
fear , And praised for virtues , that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of
majesty ...
... as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject ' s faults a subject may proclaim , A
monarch ' s errors are forbidden game ! Thus free from censure , over - awed by
fear , And praised for virtues , that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of
majesty ...
Side 23
... works of art well graced , To hear it called extravagance and waste ; If these
attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ;
However humble and confined the sphere , : Happy the state , that has not these
to fear .
... works of art well graced , To hear it called extravagance and waste ; If these
attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ;
However humble and confined the sphere , : Happy the state , that has not these
to fear .
Side 27
The mind attains beneath her happy reign . . The growth that nature meant she
should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider
opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no
base fear ...
The mind attains beneath her happy reign . . The growth that nature meant she
should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider
opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no
base fear ...
Side 32
Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . The
nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand '
st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplexed , Once Chatham ...
Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . The
nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand '
st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplexed , Once Chatham ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Poems, Volum 1 Poems, William Cowper Volumer 43-44 av Works of the British poets |
| Forfatter | William Cowper |
| Utgiver | Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 1. des 2008 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |