The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... Grace and Providence LXVII . I will Praise the Lord at all Times Anti - Thelyphthora . A Tale in Verse On a Review Condemning Thelyphthora 79 Impromptu on Reading the Chapter on Polygamy in Mr. Madan's Thelyphthora . 83 83 Mr. Madan's ...
... Grace and Providence LXVII . I will Praise the Lord at all Times Anti - Thelyphthora . A Tale in Verse On a Review Condemning Thelyphthora 79 Impromptu on Reading the Chapter on Polygamy in Mr. Madan's Thelyphthora . 83 83 Mr. Madan's ...
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... grace her mean abode , Oh with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her God ! " There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song , Nor thirsts for human praise . " It is to be noted ...
... grace her mean abode , Oh with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her God ! " There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song , Nor thirsts for human praise . " It is to be noted ...
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... grace to repent of their folly , they shall never see his kingdom . The post that brought me yours brought me likewise a letter from Mr. Rose . He speaks of you in the kindest manner , and says you have won all their hearts . You ...
... grace to repent of their folly , they shall never see his kingdom . The post that brought me yours brought me likewise a letter from Mr. Rose . He speaks of you in the kindest manner , and says you have won all their hearts . You ...
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... grace , the perfect maid Our eyes , our ears , our heart alarms . So when on earth the god of day Obliquely sheds his tempered ray , Through convex orbs the beams transmit , The beams that gently warmed before , Collected , gently warm ...
... grace , the perfect maid Our eyes , our ears , our heart alarms . So when on earth the god of day Obliquely sheds his tempered ray , Through convex orbs the beams transmit , The beams that gently warmed before , Collected , gently warm ...
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... grace combined , Which beam transcendent from that angel mind . While vulgar passions , meteors of a day , Expire before the chilling blasts of age , Our holy flame with pure and steady ray Its glooms shall brighten , and its pangs ...
... grace combined , Which beam transcendent from that angel mind . While vulgar passions , meteors of a day , Expire before the chilling blasts of age , Our holy flame with pure and steady ray Its glooms shall brighten , and its pangs ...
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