In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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Page 67
... Truth " such a combination Occurs : Man , on the dubious waves of error toss'd His ship half founder'd , and his compass lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass ...
... Truth " such a combination Occurs : Man , on the dubious waves of error toss'd His ship half founder'd , and his compass lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all his canvass ...
Page 84
... truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told . . . . ( " Truth , " 387 ...
... truth divine , Glorious as Solyma's interior shrine , Where , in his own oracular abode , Dwelt visibly the light - creating God ; But made long since , like Babylon of old , A den of mischiefs never to be told . . . . ( " Truth , " 387 ...
Page 102
... Truth . " The pleasure seeker , who as we have noted likes to bend the law in accordance with his passions , also draws upon life's map a zig - zag line , That shows how far ' tis safe to follow sin , And where his danger and God's ...
... Truth . " The pleasure seeker , who as we have noted likes to bend the law in accordance with his passions , also draws upon life's map a zig - zag line , That shows how far ' tis safe to follow sin , And where his danger and God's ...
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