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But the thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name
in the titlepage , is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am
content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not designed to ...
But the thought of having my own name perpetuated in connexion with the name
in the titlepage , is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am
content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not designed to ...
Side 18
That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason
as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined To catch renown by
ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy
will ...
That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason
as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined To catch renown by
ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy
will ...
Side 23
A . Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they
never felt , Start up sagacious , covered with the dust Of dreaming study and
pedantic rust , : And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world
and ...
A . Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they
never felt , Start up sagacious , covered with the dust Of dreaming study and
pedantic rust , : And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world
and ...
Side 33
B . And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely
this , He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck
him dumb . . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs ...
B . And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ; Its error , if it erred , was merely
this , He thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck
him dumb . . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs ...
Side 38
So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A
terrible sagacity informs The poet ' s heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears
the thunder ére the tempest lowers ; And , armed with strength surpassing human
...
So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A
terrible sagacity informs The poet ' s heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears
the thunder ére the tempest lowers ; And , armed with strength surpassing human
...
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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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