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... fair estimate of his intellectual endowments and poetical talents has been made by almost all his biographers , on one point , they have nearly all coincided in error - that point is , his chris- tian character . Not understanding the ...
... fair estimate of his intellectual endowments and poetical talents has been made by almost all his biographers , on one point , they have nearly all coincided in error - that point is , his chris- tian character . Not understanding the ...
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... fair estimate of his characteristic merits as a poet - one cannot help recollecting the severe but merited satire contained in a quotation from Virgil , and applied by the most illustrious pulpit orator of modern times - the Rev. Robert ...
... fair estimate of his characteristic merits as a poet - one cannot help recollecting the severe but merited satire contained in a quotation from Virgil , and applied by the most illustrious pulpit orator of modern times - the Rev. Robert ...
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... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! - B. Amen . If flattery , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! - B. Amen . If flattery , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
Side 26
... ? Temperance were no virtue if he could . [ fair . That pleasures , therefore , or what such we call , Are hurtful , is a truth confess'd by all . And some , that seem to threaten virtue less , 26 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... ? Temperance were no virtue if he could . [ fair . That pleasures , therefore , or what such we call , Are hurtful , is a truth confess'd by all . And some , that seem to threaten virtue less , 26 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
Side 27
... fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of Truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
... fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of Truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
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beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd distant divine Dr Johnson dread dream earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin John Throckmorton land laudanum learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth zeal