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Side 16
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 rock , To see ' 16 TABLE TALK ,
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 rock , To see ' 16 TABLE TALK ,
Side 23
If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of art well graced , To
hear it called extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these ,
Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the ...
If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of art well graced , To
hear it called extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these ,
Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the ...
Side 36
All are his instruments ; each form of war , What barns at home , or threatens from
afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms , that overset the joys of
life , ' Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And waste it at the bidding of his ...
All are his instruments ; each form of war , What barns at home , or threatens from
afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms , that overset the joys of
life , ' Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And waste it at the bidding of his ...
Side 67
Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British
paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet
philosophy ' s enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ?
Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British
paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet
philosophy ' s enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ?
Side 125
... Their freedom purchased for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors
valued most ; Their title to a country not their own Made sure by prodigies till then
unknown ; For them the states , they left , made waste and void ; For them the
states ...
... Their freedom purchased for them at the cost Of all their hard oppressors
valued most ; Their title to a country not their own Made sure by prodigies till then
unknown ; For them the states , they left , made waste and void ; For them the
states ...
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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 |