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Side 17
The glass , that bids man mark the feeting hour , And death ' s own scythe would
better speak his power ; Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the
king ' s , shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other
' s ...
The glass , that bids man mark the feeting hour , And death ' s own scythe would
better speak his power ; Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the
king ' s , shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other
' s ...
Side 20
I grant the sarcasm is too severe , And we can readily refute it here ; While Alfred '
s name , the father of his age , And the Sixth Edward ' s grace the historic page . A
. Kings then at last have but the lot of all , By their own conduct they must ...
I grant the sarcasm is too severe , And we can readily refute it here ; While Alfred '
s name , the father of his age , And the Sixth Edward ' s grace the historic page . A
. Kings then at last have but the lot of all , By their own conduct they must ...
Side 21
Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please
; If smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil ' s purpose with an angel ' s face
; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few ...
Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please
; If smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil ' s purpose with an angel ' s face
; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few ...
Side 31
His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his
face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully
stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred cause , but
trembled ...
His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his
face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully
stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred cause , but
trembled ...
Side 32
Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier times , will
serve thee now , Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue ,
every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they fought , And praised ...
Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier times , will
serve thee now , Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue ,
every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they fought , And praised ...
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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 |