Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... state , And death awakens from that dream too late . Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose TABLE TALK . 7.
... state , And death awakens from that dream too late . Oh ! if servility with supple knees , Whose trade it is to smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose TABLE TALK . 7.
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... dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling pow'rs of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ...
... dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling pow'rs of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ...
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... dream ; Your's real , and pernicious in th ' extreme . What then ! -are appetites and lusts laid down , With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will av'rice and concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Rev'rence ...
... dream ; Your's real , and pernicious in th ' extreme . What then ! -are appetites and lusts laid down , With the same ease that man puts on his gown ? Will av'rice and concupiscence give place , Charm'd by the sounds - Your Rev'rence ...
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... dream , Caught in a delicate soft silken net By some lewd earl , or rake - hell baronet : Ye pimps , who , under virtue's fair pretence , Steal to the closet of young innocence , And teach her , unexperient'd yet and green , To scribble ...
... dream , Caught in a delicate soft silken net By some lewd earl , or rake - hell baronet : Ye pimps , who , under virtue's fair pretence , Steal to the closet of young innocence , And teach her , unexperient'd yet and green , To scribble ...
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... dream ; And daily , more enamour'd of the cheat , Kneels , and asks heav'n to bless the dear deceit . So one , whose story serves at least to show Men lov'd their own productions long ago , Woo'd an unfeeling statue for his wife , Nor ...
... dream ; And daily , more enamour'd of the cheat , Kneels , and asks heav'n to bless the dear deceit . So one , whose story serves at least to show Men lov'd their own productions long ago , Woo'd an unfeeling statue for his wife , Nor ...
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