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Page 57
As one who long in thickets and in brakes Entangled winds now this way and
now that His devious course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry
ways been foild And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging and half ...
As one who long in thickets and in brakes Entangled winds now this way and
now that His devious course uncertain , seeking home ; Or , having long in miry
ways been foild And sore discomfited , from slough to slough Plunging and half ...
Page 60
With many an arrow deep infix ' d My panting side was charged , when I withdrew
To seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had
himself . Been hurt by the archers . In his side he bore , And in bis hands and feet
...
With many an arrow deep infix ' d My panting side was charged , when I withdrew
To seek a tranquil death in distant shades . There was I found by one who had
himself . Been hurt by the archers . In his side he bore , And in bis hands and feet
...
Page 64
God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strịdes of human
wisdom , in his works Though wondrous : he commands us in his word To seek
him rather where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten ' d from above ,
Views ...
God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strịdes of human
wisdom , in his works Though wondrous : he commands us in his word To seek
him rather where his mercy shines . The mind indeed , enlighten ' d from above ,
Views ...
Page 66
What pearl is it , that rich men cannot buy , That learning is too proud to gather up
; But which the poor , and the despised of all Seek and obtain , and often find
unsought ? Tell me and I will tell thee what is truth . O friendly to the best pursuits
of ...
What pearl is it , that rich men cannot buy , That learning is too proud to gather up
; But which the poor , and the despised of all Seek and obtain , and often find
unsought ? Tell me and I will tell thee what is truth . O friendly to the best pursuits
of ...
Page 67
They love the country , and none else , who seek For their own sake its silence
and its shade . Delights which who would leave that has a heart Susceptible of
pity , or a mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For all the savage din of
the ...
They love the country , and none else , who seek For their own sake its silence
and its shade . Delights which who would leave that has a heart Susceptible of
pity , or a mind Cultured and capable of sober thought , For all the savage din of
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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