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... worth , Are best dispos'd of where with most success They may acquire that confident address , Those habits of profuse and lewd expense , That scorn of all delights but those of sense , Which , though in plain plebeians we condemn ...
... worth , Are best dispos'd of where with most success They may acquire that confident address , Those habits of profuse and lewd expense , That scorn of all delights but those of sense , Which , though in plain plebeians we condemn ...
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... worth , To occupy a sacred , awful post , In which the best and worthiest tremble most . The royal letters are a thing of course- 410 A king , that would , might recommend his horse ; And deans , no doubt , and chapters , with one voice ...
... worth , To occupy a sacred , awful post , In which the best and worthiest tremble most . The royal letters are a thing of course- 410 A king , that would , might recommend his horse ; And deans , no doubt , and chapters , with one voice ...
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... worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen , wealth or fame , Or other sublunary game , Imagination to his view Presents it deck'd with ev'ry hue That can seduce him not to spare His pow'rs of best exertion there , But youth , health ...
... worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen , wealth or fame , Or other sublunary game , Imagination to his view Presents it deck'd with ev'ry hue That can seduce him not to spare His pow'rs of best exertion there , But youth , health ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breast breath British Museum call'd charms Cowper dear delight design'd divine dream earth ease East Dereham ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flow'rs folly form'd frown Gentleman's Magazine give glory good-natur'd grace groves hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour light LORD lov'd lyre mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure poems pow'r praise pray'r prove Published 1782 Published by Croft Published by Hayley rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth Written youth