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... - Destroy , And blazing London seem'd a second Troy ; Liberty blush'd , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce , 20 TABLE TALK .
... - Destroy , And blazing London seem'd a second Troy ; Liberty blush'd , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blush'd , that effects like these she should produce , 20 TABLE TALK .
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... dread ; But know , the law , that bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , The ...
... dread ; But know , the law , that bids the drunkard die , Is far too just to pass the trifler by . Both baby - featured , and of infant size , View'd from a distance , and with heedless eyes , Folly and Innocence are so alike , The ...
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... dread probationary tree , Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself possess'd . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by everlasting doubt ...
... dread probationary tree , Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself possess'd . Philosophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by everlasting doubt ...
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... dread of vengeance at his heels ; His conscience , like a glassy lake before , Lash'd into foaming waves , begins to roar ; The law grown clamorous , though silent long , Arraigns him - charges him with every wrong— Asserts the rights ...
... dread of vengeance at his heels ; His conscience , like a glassy lake before , Lash'd into foaming waves , begins to roar ; The law grown clamorous , though silent long , Arraigns him - charges him with every wrong— Asserts the rights ...
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... dread , And raised thyself a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither arm'd and hungry , return'd full , Fed from the richest veins of the mogul , A despot big with power obtain'd by wealth , And that obtain'd by rapine and by stealth ...
... dread , And raised thyself a greater , in their stead ? Gone thither arm'd and hungry , return'd full , Fed from the richest veins of the mogul , A despot big with power obtain'd by wealth , And that obtain'd by rapine and by stealth ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms delight design'd divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land latives learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shew shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth
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Seite 261 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Seite 248 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Seite 323 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Seite 157 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Seite 387 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile; There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore "Where tempests never beat nor billows roar;" And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Seite 208 - Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul !) Had two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw.
Seite 157 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Seite 248 - Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text; Cry — hem; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Seite 211 - For why ? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The -middle of my song. Away went Gilpin, out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still. The...
Seite 239 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.