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Side 5
... , to amuse The leathern ears of stockjobbers and Jews . A. Vouchsafe , at least , to pitch the key of rhyme To themes more pertinent , if less sublime . 77 When ministers and ministerial arts ; Patriots , who TABLE TALK . 5.
... , to amuse The leathern ears of stockjobbers and Jews . A. Vouchsafe , at least , to pitch the key of rhyme To themes more pertinent , if less sublime . 77 When ministers and ministerial arts ; Patriots , who TABLE TALK . 5.
Side 6
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains : That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
Side 8
... theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest ...
... theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest ...
Side 13
... theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed , not tamely to be borne , Fire ...
... theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame ; She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed , not tamely to be borne , Fire ...
Side 14
... so . Neglected talents rust into decay , And every effort ends in push - pin play . The man that means success , should soar above A soldier's feather , or a lady's glove ; Else , summoning the muse to such a theme , 14 TABLE TALK .
... so . Neglected talents rust into decay , And every effort ends in push - pin play . The man that means success , should soar above A soldier's feather , or a lady's glove ; Else , summoning the muse to such a theme , 14 TABLE TALK .
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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