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 Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; B 2 TABLE TALK . 33.
... whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . O Liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion , and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse ; B 2 TABLE TALK . 33.
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... thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse , Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if ...
... thou art Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse , Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if ...
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... thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham saved ...
... thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once Chatham saved ...
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... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
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... Thou god of our idolatry , the Press ? By thee religion , liberty , and laws , Exert their influence , and advance their cause : By thee worse plagues than Pharaoh's land befel , Diffused , make earth the vestibule of hell ; Thou ...
... Thou god of our idolatry , the Press ? By thee religion , liberty , and laws , Exert their influence , and advance their cause : By thee worse plagues than Pharaoh's land befel , Diffused , make earth the vestibule of hell ; Thou ...
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