PoemsSmith, 1830 - 451 sider |
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Side 26
... trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , ' The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet Folly ever has a vacant stare , A ...
... trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , ' The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet Folly ever has a vacant stare , A ...
Side 60
... trifler dreams himself alone , Frames many a purpose , and God works his own . States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane , E'en as his will and his decrees ordain ; While honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as ...
... trifler dreams himself alone , Frames many a purpose , and God works his own . States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane , E'en as his will and his decrees ordain ; While honour , virtue , piety , bear sway , They flourish ; and as ...
Side 68
... trifler's tongue , Or serves the champion in forensic war To flourish and parade with at the bar . Pleasure herself perhaps suggests a plea , If interest move thee , to persuade e'en thee ; By every charm that smiles upon her face , By ...
... trifler's tongue , Or serves the champion in forensic war To flourish and parade with at the bar . Pleasure herself perhaps suggests a plea , If interest move thee , to persuade e'en thee ; By every charm that smiles upon her face , By ...
Side 100
... trifler with his boasted skill Toils much , and is a solemn trifler still : Blind was he born , and his misguided eyes Grown dim in trifling studies , blind he dies . Self - knowledge truly learn'd of course implies The rich possession ...
... trifler with his boasted skill Toils much , and is a solemn trifler still : Blind was he born , and his misguided eyes Grown dim in trifling studies , blind he dies . Self - knowledge truly learn'd of course implies The rich possession ...
Side 123
... trifler under rig'rous sway , But gives it usefulness unknown before , And , purifying , makes it shine the more . A Christian's wit is inoffensive light , A beam that aids , but never grieves the sight ; Vig'rous in age as in the flush ...
... trifler under rig'rous sway , But gives it usefulness unknown before , And , purifying , makes it shine the more . A Christian's wit is inoffensive light , A beam that aids , but never grieves the sight ; Vig'rous in age as in the flush ...
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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