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... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
... scene when Chatham died . B. Not so the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
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... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
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... scene . In him In front of these came Addison . Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste , combined , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
... scene . In him In front of these came Addison . Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste , combined , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
Side 18
... scenes and wilds un . With artless airs and concerts of her own : But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence- Fervency , freedom , fluency of thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ...
... scenes and wilds un . With artless airs and concerts of her own : But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence- Fervency , freedom , fluency of thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ...
Side 19
... scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the claim . Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! [ stray , The flowers would spring where'er ...
... scene and subject it surveys : Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the claim . Pity Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground ! [ stray , The flowers would spring where'er ...
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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