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... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! - B. Amen . If flattery , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! - B. Amen . If flattery , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
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... fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off the anticipated joy ; Turtle and venison all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockeys take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
... fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off the anticipated joy ; Turtle and venison all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockeys take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
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... fair . The second implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle , if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals ...
... fair . The second implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle , if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals ...
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... fair , Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran , Unfolded genially and spread the man ; Returning , he proclaims by many a grace , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce , that has been sent to roam , Excels a ...
... fair , Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran , Unfolded genially and spread the man ; Returning , he proclaims by many a grace , By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce , that has been sent to roam , Excels a ...
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... fair outside , The filth of rottenness , and worm of pride ; Their piety a system of deceit , Scripture employ'd to sanctify the cheat ; The Pharisee the dupe of his own art , Self - idolized , and yet a knavé at heart . When nations ...
... fair outside , The filth of rottenness , and worm of pride ; Their piety a system of deceit , Scripture employ'd to sanctify the cheat ; The Pharisee the dupe of his own art , Self - idolized , and yet a knavé at heart . When nations ...
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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.