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Side vii
period of life , is happily employed in illustrating and enforcing the truths , of
which he received such deep and unalterable impressions in his maturer years .
His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the operations of the skilful
and ...
period of life , is happily employed in illustrating and enforcing the truths , of
which he received such deep and unalterable impressions in his maturer years .
His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the operations of the skilful
and ...
Side xi
Progress of Errour . . . . . . Truth . . . . Expostulation . . . . . . . . 115 Hope . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . , Charity . . . . . . . . . . . . Conversation . . . Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . The Yearly
Distress , or Tithing Time at Stock in Essex . . 311 Sonnet to Henry Cowper , Esq .
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Progress of Errour . . . . . . Truth . . . . Expostulation . . . . . . . . 115 Hope . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . , Charity . . . . . . . . . . . . Conversation . . . Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . The Yearly
Distress , or Tithing Time at Stock in Essex . . 311 Sonnet to Henry Cowper , Esq .
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Side 28
Slaves fight for what were better cast awayThe chain that binds them , and a
tyrant ' s sway ; But they that fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause
mankind can have at stake : . Religion , virtue , truth , whate ' er we call A blessing
...
Slaves fight for what were better cast awayThe chain that binds them , and a
tyrant ' s sway ; But they that fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause
mankind can have at stake : . Religion , virtue , truth , whate ' er we call A blessing
...
Side 33
But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And
that a nation shamefully debased , Will be despised and trampled on at last , VOL
. I . Unless sweet penitence her powers renew , Is truth , TABLE TALK :
But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must , And
that a nation shamefully debased , Will be despised and trampled on at last , VOL
. I . Unless sweet penitence her powers renew , Is truth , TABLE TALK :
Side 34
Unless sweet penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There
is a time , and justice marks the date , For long - forbearing clemency to wait ;
That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punished , and down comes the
thunder ...
Unless sweet penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There
is a time , and justice marks the date , For long - forbearing clemency to wait ;
That hour elapsed , the incurable revolt Is punished , and down comes the
thunder ...
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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 |