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Side 16
... Is base in kind , and born to be a slave . But let eternal infamy pursue The
wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast
The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself stationed on a
towering ...
... Is base in kind , and born to be a slave . But let eternal infamy pursue The
wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who , for the sake of filling with one blast
The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste . Think yourself stationed on a
towering ...
Side 27
Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; . .
Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even
scale ; He can encourage slavery to a smile , And fill with discontent a British isle
.
Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; . .
Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even
scale ; He can encourage slavery to a smile , And fill with discontent a British isle
.
Side 34
If mercy then put by the threatening blow , Must she perform the same kind office
now ? May she ! and , if offended heaven be still Accessible , and prayer prevail ,
she will . ' Tis not however insolence and noise , The tempest of tumultuary joys ...
If mercy then put by the threatening blow , Must she perform the same kind office
now ? May she ! and , if offended heaven be still Accessible , and prayer prevail ,
she will . ' Tis not however insolence and noise , The tempest of tumultuary joys ...
Side 50
Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To
purchase , at the fool - frequented fair , Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is
profanation of the basest kind - Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A . Hail ...
Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To
purchase , at the fool - frequented fair , Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is
profanation of the basest kind - Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A . Hail ...
Side 79
Committed once into the public arms , The baby seems to smile with added
charms . Like something precious ventured far from shore , ' Tis valued for the
danger ' s sake the more . He views it with complacency supreme , Solicits kind
attention ...
Committed once into the public arms , The baby seems to smile with added
charms . Like something precious ventured far from shore , ' Tis valued for the
danger ' s sake the more . He views it with complacency supreme , Solicits kind
attention ...
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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 |