PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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Page 48
... beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its cause , ) But Providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
... beneath his hand , ( A dire effect , by one of nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its cause , ) But Providence himself will intervene To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
Page 60
... beneath what flow'ry shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades ; The pois'nous , black , insinuating worm , Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a ...
... beneath what flow'ry shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades ; The pois'nous , black , insinuating worm , Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a ...
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... beneath a fever's secret sway , And like a summer - brook are past away . This is a sight for pity to peruse Till she resemble faintly what she views , ' Till sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierc'd with the woes that she laments in ...
... beneath a fever's secret sway , And like a summer - brook are past away . This is a sight for pity to peruse Till she resemble faintly what she views , ' Till sympathy contract a kindred pain , Pierc'd with the woes that she laments in ...
Contents
Translations from Vincent Bourne | xv |
Progress of Error | 60 |
Truth | 82 |
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause Charity charms Christian Cowper delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown fruit give glory God's grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human Inner Temple int'rest John Gilpin land light lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once palæstra peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove red vengeance religion rude sacred sapience scene scorn Scrib seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler true truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom worth youth zeal