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The world , a more disturb ' d and boisterous sea , When Jesus shows a smile ,
affrights not me ; He hides me , and in vain the billows roar , Break harmless at
my feet , and leave the shore . Thou azure vault , where through the gloom of
night ...
The world , a more disturb ' d and boisterous sea , When Jesus shows a smile ,
affrights not me ; He hides me , and in vain the billows roar , Break harmless at
my feet , and leave the shore . Thou azure vault , where through the gloom of
night ...
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Soon I saw him , with dismay , Spread his plumes and soar away ; Now I mark his
rapid flight , Now he leaves my aching sight ; He is gone whom I adore , ' Tis in
vain to seek him more . How I trembled then and fear ' d , When my love had ...
Soon I saw him , with dismay , Spread his plumes and soar away ; Now I mark his
rapid flight , Now he leaves my aching sight ; He is gone whom I adore , ' Tis in
vain to seek him more . How I trembled then and fear ' d , When my love had ...
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Whom men resist with stubborn will ; And , more perverse and daring still ,
Smother and quench , with reasonings vain , While Error and Deception reign .
Whence comes it , that , your power the same As His on high , from whence you
came ...
Whom men resist with stubborn will ; And , more perverse and daring still ,
Smother and quench , with reasonings vain , While Error and Deception reign .
Whence comes it , that , your power the same As His on high , from whence you
came ...
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Sages after sages strove In vain , to filter off a chrystal draught Pure from the lees
, which often more enhanced The thirst than slaked it , and not seldom bred
Intoxication and delirium wild . 510 In vain they push ' d enquiry to the birth And ...
Sages after sages strove In vain , to filter off a chrystal draught Pure from the lees
, which often more enhanced The thirst than slaked it , and not seldom bred
Intoxication and delirium wild . 510 In vain they push ' d enquiry to the birth And ...
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670 675 680 Or nothing much , his constancy in ill ; Vain tampering has but foster
' d his disease , ' Tis desperate , and he sleeps the sleep of death . Haste now ,
philosopher , and set him free ! Charm the deaf serpent wisely . Make him hear ...
670 675 680 Or nothing much , his constancy in ill ; Vain tampering has but foster
' d his disease , ' Tis desperate , and he sleeps the sleep of death . Haste now ,
philosopher , and set him free ! Charm the deaf serpent wisely . Make him hear ...
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| Title | The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the Author, Volume 9 The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the Author, Robert Southey |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Editor | Robert Southey |
| Publisher | Baldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2005 |
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