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Side 11
... 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 punish'd , and down comes the ...
... 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 punish'd , and down comes the ...
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... sweet poetry may cure ; Or , if to see the name of idle self , Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf , To float a bubble on the breath of Fame , Prompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of ...
... sweet poetry may cure ; Or , if to see the name of idle self , Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf , To float a bubble on the breath of Fame , Prompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of ...
Side 22
... sequester'd bower , Sweet harmony that soothes the midnight hour ? Long ere the charioteer of day had run His morning course , th ' enchantment was begun ; And he shall gild yon mountain's height again , Ere 22 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... sequester'd bower , Sweet harmony that soothes the midnight hour ? Long ere the charioteer of day had run His morning course , th ' enchantment was begun ; And he shall gild yon mountain's height again , Ere 22 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
Side 23
... sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears : the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb ...
... sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears : the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb ...
Side 24
... sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse Of Sabbath hours with plausible excuse ? If apostolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays , why not ...
... sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse Of Sabbath hours with plausible excuse ? If apostolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays , why not ...
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beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd distant divine docet 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 hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin land laudanum learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace 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 spleen 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