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Page 36
... may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more
malignant . If he spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far
guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God
employ ...
... may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more
malignant . If he spared not them , Tremble and be amazed at thine escape , Far
guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man , who sees a God
employ ...
Page 40
... That , lost in his own musings , happy man ! He feels the ' anxieties of life ,
denied Their wonted entertainment , all retire . Such joys has he that sings . But ,
ah ! not such , Or seldom such the hearers of his song . Fastidious , or else
listless ...
... That , lost in his own musings , happy man ! He feels the ' anxieties of life ,
denied Their wonted entertainment , all retire . Such joys has he that sings . But ,
ah ! not such , Or seldom such the hearers of his song . Fastidious , or else
listless ...
Page 68
Me therefore studious of laborious ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time ,
Not waste it , and aware that hầman life Is but a loan to be repaid with use When
He shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings ...
Me therefore studious of laborious ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time ,
Not waste it , and aware that hầman life Is but a loan to be repaid with use When
He shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings ...
Page 85
This folio of four pages , happy work ! Which not e ' en critics criticise ; that holds .
Inquisitive Attention , while I read , Fast bound in chains of silence , which the fair
, Though eloquent themselves , yet fear to break ; What is it , but a map of busy ...
This folio of four pages , happy work ! Which not e ' en critics criticise ; that holds .
Inquisitive Attention , while I read , Fast bound in chains of silence , which the fair
, Though eloquent themselves , yet fear to break ; What is it , but a map of busy ...
Page 90
Thus deck ' d , he charms a world whom Fashion blinds To his true worth , most
pleased when idle most ; Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E ' en
misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume
the ...
Thus deck ' d , he charms a world whom Fashion blinds To his true worth , most
pleased when idle most ; Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E ' en
misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume
the ...
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| Title | The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2 Volumes 79-80 of British poets Volumes 79-80 of British poets, including translations The Poems of William Cowper, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2009 |
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