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Page 405
... turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult , and am still . The sound of war Has lost its terrors ere it reaches me ; Grieves , but alarms me not . I mourn the pride And av'rice that makes ...
... turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult , and am still . The sound of war Has lost its terrors ere it reaches me ; Grieves , but alarms me not . I mourn the pride And av'rice that makes ...
Page 474
... turn . Thus harmony and family accord Were driv'n from Paradise ; and in that hour The seeds of cruelty , that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth , Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil . Hence date the ...
... turn . Thus harmony and family accord Were driv'n from Paradise ; and in that hour The seeds of cruelty , that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth , Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil . Hence date the ...
Page 539
... turn to them . To you then , tenants of life's middle state , Securely plac'd between the small and great , Whose character , yet undebauch'd , retains Two - thirds of all the virtue that remains , Who , wise yourselves , desire your ...
... turn to them . To you then , tenants of life's middle state , Securely plac'd between the small and great , Whose character , yet undebauch'd , retains Two - thirds of all the virtue that remains , Who , wise yourselves , desire your ...
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