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Of all that wisdom dictates , this the drift , . : That man is dead in sin , and life a gift
. Is virtue then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both
? Ten thousand sages lost in endless woe , For ignorance of what they could ...
Of all that wisdom dictates , this the drift , . : That man is dead in sin , and life a gift
. Is virtue then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both
? Ten thousand sages lost in endless woe , For ignorance of what they could ...
Side 112
Their fortitude and wisdom were a flame * Celestial , though they knew not
whence it came , Derived from the same source of light and grace , That guides
the Christian in his swifter race ; Their judge was conscience , and her rule their
law ...
Their fortitude and wisdom were a flame * Celestial , though they knew not
whence it came , Derived from the same source of light and grace , That guides
the Christian in his swifter race ; Their judge was conscience , and her rule their
law ...
Side 113
That self - renouncing wisdom , learned before , Had shed immortal glories on
your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He
can speakTrembling yet happy , confident yet meek . Since the dear hour that ...
That self - renouncing wisdom , learned before , Had shed immortal glories on
your brow , That all your virtues cannot purchase now . All joy to the believer ! He
can speakTrembling yet happy , confident yet meek . Since the dear hour that ...
Side 128
... would they learn , Keep wisdom , or meet vengeance in your turn : If we
escaped not , if Heaven spared not us , Peeled , scattered , and exterminated
thus ; y If vice received her retribution due i When we were visited , what hope for
you ?
... would they learn , Keep wisdom , or meet vengeance in your turn : If we
escaped not , if Heaven spared not us , Peeled , scattered , and exterminated
thus ; y If vice received her retribution due i When we were visited , what hope for
you ?
Side 131
Is adverse providence , when pondered well , So dimly writ , or difficult to spell ,
Thou canst not read with readiness and ease Providence adverse in events like
these ? Know then that heavenly wisdom on this ball , Creates , - gives birth to ...
Is adverse providence , when pondered well , So dimly writ , or difficult to spell ,
Thou canst not read with readiness and ease Providence adverse in events like
these ? Know then that heavenly wisdom on this ball , Creates , - gives birth to ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Poems, Volum 1 Poems, William Cowper Volumer 43-44 av Works of the British poets |
| Forfatter | William Cowper |
| Utgiver | Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 1. des 2008 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |