The Poetical Works of William CowperW. Smith, 1839 - 516 pages |
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... wish to accept these employments and his fear of being unequal to the duties of them , when another office of much less value , that of clerk of the journals to the same house , happened to fall vacant , and , in the hope of being more ...
... wish to accept these employments and his fear of being unequal to the duties of them , when another office of much less value , that of clerk of the journals to the same house , happened to fall vacant , and , in the hope of being more ...
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... wish to persuade us they are happy , would be glad to change conditions with a dog . But in defiance of all their efforts they continue to think , forebode , and tremble . This we know , for it has been our own state , and therefore we ...
... wish to persuade us they are happy , would be glad to change conditions with a dog . But in defiance of all their efforts they continue to think , forebode , and tremble . This we know , for it has been our own state , and therefore we ...
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... wish to be imposed on , and then are ; And lest the fulsome artifice should fail , Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil . Not more industrious are the just and true To give to virtue what is virtue's due , The praise of ...
... wish to be imposed on , and then are ; And lest the fulsome artifice should fail , Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil . Not more industrious are the just and true To give to virtue what is virtue's due , The praise of ...
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... wish wander that way , call it home ; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught ; Die then , if power Almighty save you not ! There hardening by degrees , till double steel'd , Take leave ...
... wish wander that way , call it home ; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam . But if you pass the threshold , you are caught ; Die then , if power Almighty save you not ! There hardening by degrees , till double steel'd , Take leave ...
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... wish'd to know . But let not him that shares a brighter day , Traduce the splendour of a noontide ray , Prefer the twilight of a darker time , And deem his base stupidity no crime ; The wretch , that slights the bounty of the skies ...
... wish'd to know . But let not him that shares a brighter day , Traduce the splendour of a noontide ray , Prefer the twilight of a darker time , And deem his base stupidity no crime ; The wretch , that slights the bounty of the skies ...
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