The Poetical Works of William CowperRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 630 sider |
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... wisdom are reflected through language nearly without a stain or a flaw . Purer , sweeter , simpler English never was written . La Fontaine gives the best idea of it to a French , as Wordsworth to a native reader . Several of the shorter ...
... wisdom are reflected through language nearly without a stain or a flaw . Purer , sweeter , simpler English never was written . La Fontaine gives the best idea of it to a French , as Wordsworth to a native reader . Several of the shorter ...
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... wisdom and repentance ere too late.1 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 of ...
... wisdom and repentance ere too late.1 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 of ...
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... wisdom , comeliness , and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth , Than 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 , Than 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 ...
Side 48
... , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce that has been sent to roam , Es cels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before 48 COWPER .
... , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce that has been sent to roam , Es cels a dunce that has been kept at home . Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And wisdom falls before 48 COWPER .
Side 49
William Cowper Robert Aris Willmott. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And 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 ...
William Cowper Robert Aris Willmott. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place , And 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 ...
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