PoemsCaxton-Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Company, 1815 - 622 pages |
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... worth untold , Cheap tho ' blood - bought , and thrown away when sold ; May no foes ravish thee , and no false friend Betray thee , while professing to defend ; Prize it , ye ministers ; ye monarchs , spare ; Ye patriots , guard it with ...
... worth untold , Cheap tho ' blood - bought , and thrown away when sold ; May no foes ravish thee , and no false friend Betray thee , while professing to defend ; Prize it , ye ministers ; ye monarchs , spare ; Ye patriots , guard it with ...
Page 409
... worth , most pleas'd when idle most ; Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E'en misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , sit pupils in the school Of card - devoted time ...
... worth , most pleas'd when idle most ; Whose only happy are their wasted hours . E'en misses , at whose age their mothers wore The backstring and the bib , assume the dress Of womanhood , sit pupils in the school Of card - devoted time ...
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... worth Till time has stol'n away the slighted good , Is cause of half the poverty we feel , And makes the world the wilderness it is . The few that pray at all pray oft amiss , And , seeking grace t ' improve the prize they hold , Would ...
... worth Till time has stol'n away the slighted good , Is cause of half the poverty we feel , And makes the world the wilderness it is . The few that pray at all pray oft amiss , And , seeking grace t ' improve the prize they hold , Would ...
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