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... scorn , and pitied as under the influence of a silly credulity ! And this , forsooth ! is perfectly rational ! - Or , view the case in another light . Cowper's mind was of a peculiar structure , as was evident from his very infancy . Al ...
... scorn , and pitied as under the influence of a silly credulity ! And this , forsooth ! is perfectly rational ! - Or , view the case in another light . Cowper's mind was of a peculiar structure , as was evident from his very infancy . Al ...
Side 4
... scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon ...
... scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity kings , whom Worship waits upon ...
Side 6
... scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They t They take perhaps a ...
... scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets cast in lead . B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They t They take perhaps a ...
Side 13
... scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of music shakes th ' astonished crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ...
... scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , The storm of music shakes th ' astonished crowd . So , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ...
Side 33
... Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge th ' unwholesome The propagated myriads spread so fast , [ food . E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate th ' enormous sum , And own his ...
... Scorn'd by the nobler tenants of the flood , Minnows and gudgeons gorge th ' unwholesome The propagated myriads spread so fast , [ food . E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employ'd to calculate th ' enormous sum , And own his ...
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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