The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... plain ; No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As ...
... plain ; No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As ...
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... plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as the stanchest hound he keeps . Charged with the folly of his life's ...
... plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as the stanchest hound he keeps . Charged with the folly of his life's ...
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... plain , The painted tablets , dealt and dealt again ! Cards , with what rapture , and the polish'd die , The yawning chasm of indolence supply ! Then to the dance , and make the sober moon Witness of joys , that shun the sight of noon ...
... plain , The painted tablets , dealt and dealt again ! Cards , with what rapture , and the polish'd die , The yawning chasm of indolence supply ! Then to the dance , and make the sober moon Witness of joys , that shun the sight of noon ...
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... vain Has fill'd with all its fumes a critic's brain , The text , that sorts not with his darling whim , Though plain to others , is obscure to him . The will made subject to a lawless force , All F 2 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR , 57.
... vain Has fill'd with all its fumes a critic's brain , The text , that sorts not with his darling whim , Though plain to others , is obscure to him . The will made subject to a lawless force , All F 2 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR , 57.
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... plain direction , and are lost . [ most , Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud dis- Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - [ dain ) Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are ...
... plain direction , and are lost . [ most , Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud dis- Incredible , impossible , and vain ! - [ dain ) Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are ...
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beams beneath bids blasphemy bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Chiswick courser Cowper dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Eartham Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy heart Heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature never night o'er Olney once Parnassian pass'd peace pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wisdom zeal