The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 32
... cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations , who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother ...
... cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey . Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other . Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations , who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one . Thus man devotes his brother ...
Page 37
... causes how they work By necessary laws their sure effects ; Of action and reaction : he has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause ...
... causes how they work By necessary laws their sure effects ; Of action and reaction : he has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the cause ...
Page 38
... cause ? Time was when it was praise and boast enough In every clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill the ' ambition of a private man , [ these That Chatham's language was his mother ...
... cause ? Time was when it was praise and boast enough In every clime , and travel where we might , That we were born her children . Praise enough To fill the ' ambition of a private man , [ these That Chatham's language was his mother ...
Page 41
... cause . There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him , in strains as sweet As ...
... cause . There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! -His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him , in strains as sweet As ...
Page 42
... heart is warm , Whose hands are pure , whose doctrines and whose Coincident , exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause . [ life , To such I render more than mere respect , Whose 42 B. II . THE TASK .
... heart is warm , Whose hands are pure , whose doctrines and whose Coincident , exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause . [ life , To such I render more than mere respect , Whose 42 B. II . THE TASK .
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's light live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise press'd prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth