PoemsSmith, 1830 - 451 sider |
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... wisdom and repentance , ere too late . Not only Vice disposes and prepares The Mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one ...
... wisdom and repentance , ere too late . Not only Vice disposes and prepares The Mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one ...
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... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Then Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
... wisdom , comeliness and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Then Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
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... wisdom falls before exterior grace : We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please . Are qualities ...
... wisdom falls before exterior grace : We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please . Are qualities ...
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... wisdom dictates , this the drift , That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue , then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless wo , For ignorance of what they ...
... wisdom dictates , this the drift , That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue , then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless wo , For ignorance of what they ...
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... wisdom , learned before , Had shed immortal glories on your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He can speak- Trembling yet happy , confident yet meek . Since the dear hour that brought me to thy ...
... wisdom , learned before , Had shed immortal glories on your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He can speak- Trembling yet happy , confident yet meek . Since the dear hour that brought me to thy ...
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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