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... 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 pronounce her fair . The sacred implement I
...
... 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 pronounce her fair . The sacred implement I
...
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Their want of light and intellect supplied By sparks absurdity strikes out of pride :
Without the means of knowing right from wrong , They always are decisive , clear
, and strong ; Where others toil with philosophic force , Their nimble nonsense ...
Their want of light and intellect supplied By sparks absurdity strikes out of pride :
Without the means of knowing right from wrong , They always are decisive , clear
, and strong ; Where others toil with philosophic force , Their nimble nonsense ...
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But as a scale , by which the soul ascends From mighty means to more important
ends , Securely , though by steps but rarely ... Not that I mean ť approve , or
would enforce , A superstitious and monastic course ; Truth is not local , God
alike ...
But as a scale , by which the soul ascends From mighty means to more important
ends , Securely , though by steps but rarely ... Not that I mean ť approve , or
would enforce , A superstitious and monastic course ; Truth is not local , God
alike ...
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Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world ? And did he
not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a
capacious reservoir of means Form ' d for his use , and ready at his will ? Go ,
dress ...
Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world ? And did he
not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a
capacious reservoir of means Form ' d for his use , and ready at his will ? Go ,
dress ...
Page 321
If , therefore , e ' en when honest in design , A boyish friendship may so soon
decline , ' Twere wiser sure to inspire a little heart With just abhorrence of so
mean a part , Than set your son to work at a vile trade For wages so unlikely to be
paid .
If , therefore , e ' en when honest in design , A boyish friendship may so soon
decline , ' Twere wiser sure to inspire a little heart With just abhorrence of so
mean a part , Than set your son to work at a vile trade For wages so unlikely to be
paid .
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Page 331 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 496 - OH ! for a closer walk with God ; A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 497 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 431 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 379 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 487 - The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.
Page 483 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 486 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Page 486 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away.
Page 185 - FOB a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
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| Title | The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poems Volume 3 of The Works of William Cowper: With a Life and Notes, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Fraser & Company, 1835 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2007 |
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