PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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... least regret Increasing taxes , and the nation's debt . Could you contrive the payment , and rehearse The mighty plan , oracular , in verse , No bard , howe'er majestic , old or new , Should claim my fixt attention more than you . B ...
... least regret Increasing taxes , and the nation's debt . Could you contrive the payment , and rehearse The mighty plan , oracular , in verse , No bard , howe'er majestic , old or new , Should claim my fixt attention more than you . B ...
Page 77
... least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense , ( Try the criterion , ' tis a faithful guide , ) Nor has , nor can have , scripture on its side . None but an author knows an author's cares , Or fancy's fondness for the child she ...
... least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense , ( Try the criterion , ' tis a faithful guide , ) Nor has , nor can have , scripture on its side . None but an author knows an author's cares , Or fancy's fondness for the child she ...
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... least is safe . One shelter'd hare Has never heard the sanguinary yell Of cruel man exulting in her woes . Innocent partner of my peaceful home , Whom ten long years ' experience of my care Has made at last familiar ; she has lost Much ...
... least is safe . One shelter'd hare Has never heard the sanguinary yell Of cruel man exulting in her woes . Innocent partner of my peaceful home , Whom ten long years ' experience of my care Has made at last familiar ; she has lost Much ...
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