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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... wisdom , in its plain and severe precepts , been ever more success- fully combined with the delicate spirit of poetry than in his works . The austerity of tone in which virtue arraigns the conscience is so strongly in contrast with the ...
... wisdom , in its plain and severe precepts , been ever more success- fully combined with the delicate spirit of poetry than in his works . The austerity of tone in which virtue arraigns the conscience is so strongly in contrast with the ...
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... wisdom which is from above visited his heart . Then he felt himself a wanderer , and then he found a guide . Upon this change of views , a change of plan and conduct followed of course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its ...
... wisdom which is from above visited his heart . Then he felt himself a wanderer , and then he found a guide . Upon this change of views , a change of plan and conduct followed of course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its ...
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... wisdom and repentance , ere too late ! Not only Vice disposes and prepares The mind that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of ...
... wisdom and repentance , ere too late ! Not only Vice disposes and prepares The mind that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stop to Tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of ...
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... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies : But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast A long despised , but now victorious , host ; Tyranny ...
... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies : But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast A long despised , but now victorious , host ; Tyranny ...
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... wisdom , comeliness , and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Than Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
... wisdom , comeliness , and worth , And call her charms to public notice forth- Than Vice's mean and disingenuous race , To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
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