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Page 58
... leave the world's deceitful shore , And leave it to return no more . Though tempest - tost and half a wreck , My 58 WILLIAM COWPER.
... leave the world's deceitful shore , And leave it to return no more . Though tempest - tost and half a wreck , My 58 WILLIAM COWPER.
Page 147
... leave thee at His word ; That gratitude and temperance in our use Of what he gives , unsparing and profuse , Secure the favour and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all reflect , -how cheap soe'er ...
... leave thee at His word ; That gratitude and temperance in our use Of what he gives , unsparing and profuse , Secure the favour and enhance the joy , That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy . But above all reflect , -how cheap soe'er ...
Page 540
... leaves me sick and faint . He wounds , and hides the hand that gave the blow ; He flies , he reappears , and wounds again : - Was ever heart that loved thee treated so ? Yet I adore thee , though it seem in vain . And wilt thou leave me ...
... leaves me sick and faint . He wounds , and hides the hand that gave the blow ; He flies , he reappears , and wounds again : - Was ever heart that loved thee treated so ? Yet I adore thee , though it seem in vain . And wilt thou leave me ...
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