Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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... E'en the favoured isles So lately found , although the constant sun Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ...
... E'en the favoured isles So lately found , although the constant sun Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ...
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... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting her satiric ...
... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting her satiric ...
Side 94
... E'en Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth : Hourly ...
... E'en Bacchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well alarm the most unguarded mind Seek to supplant his inexperienced youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth : Hourly ...
Side 97
... e'en Occiduus more , ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For Sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of ev'ry flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse ...
... e'en Occiduus more , ) Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more meet For Sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of ev'ry flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse ...
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... E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employed to calculate the enormous sum , And own his crab - computing powers o'ercome . Is this hyperbole ? The world well known , Your sober thoughts will hardly find it one . Fresh ...
... E'en Lewenhoeck himself would stand aghast , Employed to calculate the enormous sum , And own his crab - computing powers o'ercome . Is this hyperbole ? The world well known , Your sober thoughts will hardly find it one . Fresh ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth