The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volum 2Routledge, 1854 - 630 sider |
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... breath of fame , Prompt his endeavour , and engage his aim . Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ? The gift whose office is the Giver's praise , To trace him in his word , his works , his ways ...
... breath of fame , Prompt his endeavour , and engage his aim . Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ? The gift whose office is the Giver's praise , To trace him in his word , his works , his ways ...
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... breath , And , smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store , Content though mean , and cheerful , if not gay Shuffling her threads about the livelong ...
... breath , And , smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store , Content though mean , and cheerful , if not gay Shuffling her threads about the livelong ...
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... breath . Who brought the lamp that with awak'ning beams Dispell'd thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepit and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt ; But still light reach'd thee ; and those gods ...
... breath . Who brought the lamp that with awak'ning beams Dispell'd thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepit and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt ; But still light reach'd thee ; and those gods ...
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... breath Sighs for his exit , vulgarly call'd death : For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then perhaps a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he reads ...
... breath Sighs for his exit , vulgarly call'd death : For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then perhaps a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he reads ...
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... breath , A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death . The sable warrior , frantic with regret Of her he loves , and never can forget , Loses in tears the far receding shore , But not the thought that they must meet no more ; Deprived of ...
... breath , A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death . The sable warrior , frantic with regret Of her he loves , and never can forget , Loses in tears the far receding shore , But not the thought that they must meet no more ; Deprived of ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper delight design'd divine dread dream e'er earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind Molière muse nature Nebaioth never night o'er once palæstra peace pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove red vengeance rest rude sacred sapience scene scorn seem'd shepherd's rod shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse vex'd Vincent Bourne virtue Voyages pointing waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth