PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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Page 115
... Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A truth still sacred , and believ'd of old , That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest , and that the battle is the Lord's ? That courage is his creature , and dismay The ...
... Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A truth still sacred , and believ'd of old , That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest , and that the battle is the Lord's ? That courage is his creature , and dismay The ...
Page 116
... Hast thou , when heav'n has cloth'd thee with disgrace , And , long provok'd , repaid thee to thy face , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endur'd Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscur'd , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
... Hast thou , when heav'n has cloth'd thee with disgrace , And , long provok'd , repaid thee to thy face , ( For thou hast known eclipses , and endur'd Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscur'd , When sin has shed dishonour on thy brow ...
Page 591
... hast outliv'd Thy popularity , and art become ( Unless verse rescue thee awhile ) a thing Forgotten , as the foliage of thy youth ! While thus through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship - first a seedling , hid in grass ; Then ...
... hast outliv'd Thy popularity , and art become ( Unless verse rescue thee awhile ) a thing Forgotten , as the foliage of thy youth ! While thus through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship - first a seedling , hid in grass ; Then ...
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