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Side 28
... cause mankind can have at stake : . Religion , virtue , truth , whate ' er we call A
blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner ' s pleasing dream
, The poet ' s muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art ...
... cause mankind can have at stake : . Religion , virtue , truth , whate ' er we call A
blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner ' s pleasing dream
, The poet ' s muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art ...
Side 29
Genius is thine , and thou art fancy ' s nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling
powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the
rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will
sing , if ...
Genius is thine , and thou art fancy ' s nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling
powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the
rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will
sing , if ...
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 ...
Side 71
Thou polished and high - finished foe to truth , Gray - beard corruptor of our
listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might
the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his heart , was
worthy ...
Thou polished and high - finished foe to truth , Gray - beard corruptor of our
listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might
the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his heart , was
worthy ...
Side 76
But above all , ( or let the wretch refrain , Nor touch the page he cannot but
profane ) Free from the domineering power of lust ; A lewd interpreter is never
just . How shall I speak thee , or thy power address , Thou god of our idolatry , the
press ?
But above all , ( or let the wretch refrain , Nor touch the page he cannot but
profane ) Free from the domineering power of lust ; A lewd interpreter is never
just . How shall I speak thee , or thy power address , Thou god of our idolatry , the
press ?
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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 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |