Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 - Poets, English |
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... feel Of talents , dignified by sacred zeal , Here to devotion's bard devoutly just , Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England , exulting in his spotless fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his fav'rite name : Sense , fancy ...
... feel Of talents , dignified by sacred zeal , Here to devotion's bard devoutly just , Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England , exulting in his spotless fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his fav'rite name : Sense , fancy ...
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... feels ; Then view him self - proclaimed in a gazette , Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet : The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced , Those ensigns of dominion , how disgraced ; The glass that bids man mark the ...
... feels ; Then view him self - proclaimed in a gazette , Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet : The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced , Those ensigns of dominion , how disgraced ; The glass that bids man mark the ...
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... feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free . To be the ...
... feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free . To be the ...
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... feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols VIVE LE ROY , Filled with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature shows , Less on exterior things ...
... feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols VIVE LE ROY , Filled with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king say - Slave , be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature shows , Less on exterior things ...
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... feels indeed the fire The muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel ; If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the ...
... feels indeed the fire The muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel ; If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth