POEMS, Volum 2J. Johnson, St: Paulʻs Church-yard, 1798 |
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... worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praise of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve BOOK I. 7 THE SOFA .
... worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praise of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not conjur'd up To serve BOOK I. 7 THE SOFA .
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... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
... praise and boast enough In ev'ry clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill th ' ambition of a private man , That Chatham's language was his mother tongue , And Wolfe's great name ...
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... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To thofe that need it . Folly is foon ...
... praise ye seek , And show the shame ye might conceal at home In foreign eyes ! -be grooms , and win the plate Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To thofe that need it . Folly is foon ...
Side 53
... praise who do no more . Yet what can fatire , whether grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chafstise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a fword - blade , or difplace a patch ; But where are its fublimer ...
... praise who do no more . Yet what can fatire , whether grave or gay ? It may correct a foible , may chafstise The freaks of fashion , regulate the dress , Retrench a fword - blade , or difplace a patch ; But where are its fublimer ...
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... Praise from the rivel'd lips of toothless , bald Decrepitude ; and in the looks of lean And craving poverty ; and in the bow Respectful of the fmutch'd artificer ; Is oft too welcome , and may much disturb The bias of the purpofe . How ...
... Praise from the rivel'd lips of toothless , bald Decrepitude ; and in the looks of lean And craving poverty ; and in the bow Respectful of the fmutch'd artificer ; Is oft too welcome , and may much disturb The bias of the purpofe . How ...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ... William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1793 |
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