The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1856 - English poetry |
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Page 290
... worth , most pleased when idle most Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E'en misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , sit pupils in the school Of card - devoted Time ...
... worth , most pleased when idle most Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E'en misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , sit pupils in the school Of card - devoted Time ...
Page 364
... worth , To occupy a sacred , awful post , In which the best and worthiest tremble most . The royal letters are a thing of course , A king , that would , might recommend his horse ; And deans , no doubt , and chapters , with one voice As ...
... worth , To occupy a sacred , awful post , In which the best and worthiest tremble most . The royal letters are a thing of course , A king , that would , might recommend his horse ; And deans , no doubt , and chapters , with one voice As ...
Page 380
... worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen , wealth or fame , Or other sublunary game , Imagination to his view Presents it deck'd with every hue , That can seduce him not to spare His powers of best exertion there , But youth , health ...
... worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen , wealth or fame , Or other sublunary game , Imagination to his view Presents it deck'd with every hue , That can seduce him not to spare His powers of best exertion there , But youth , health ...
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