Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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... toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please Are qualities , that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools , intend ; Hence an ...
... toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please Are qualities , that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , schools , intend ; Hence an ...
Side 112
... toil for the reward Of virtue , and yet lose it ! Wherefore hard ? He that would win the race must guide his horse Obedient to the customs of the course ; Else , though unequalled to the goal he flies , A meaner than himself shall gain ...
... toil for the reward Of virtue , and yet lose it ! Wherefore hard ? He that would win the race must guide his horse Obedient to the customs of the course ; Else , though unequalled to the goal he flies , A meaner than himself shall gain ...
Side 141
... toil to cleanse the stain , He wipes and scours the silver cup in vain . And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence , Till perjuries are common as bad pence , While thousands , careless of the damning sin , Kiss the book's outside ...
... toil to cleanse the stain , He wipes and scours the silver cup in vain . And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence , Till perjuries are common as bad pence , While thousands , careless of the damning sin , Kiss the book's outside ...
Side 175
... toil : But happier far , who comfort those that wait To hear plain truth at Judah's hallowed gate : Their language simple , as their manners meek ,. No shining ornaments have they to seek , Nor labour they , nor time nor talents waste ...
... toil : But happier far , who comfort those that wait To hear plain truth at Judah's hallowed gate : Their language simple , as their manners meek ,. No shining ornaments have they to seek , Nor labour they , nor time nor talents waste ...
Side 182
... toil , Forget to enjoy the palm - tree's offered shade , Or taste the fountain in the neighbouring glade : Else who would lose , that had the power to improve , The occasion of transmuting fear to love ? O'tis a godlike privilege to ...
... toil , Forget to enjoy the palm - tree's offered shade , Or taste the fountain in the neighbouring glade : Else who would lose , that had the power to improve , The occasion of transmuting fear to love ? O'tis a godlike privilege to ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper death 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 human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps PINE-APPLE pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest 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 thought thousand toil tongue touch trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth