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Pagina 4
... smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That 4 TABLE TALK .
... smooth dissimulation , skilled to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That 4 TABLE TALK .
Pagina 10
... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was -- destroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy , Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was -- destroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy , Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
Pagina 13
... face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws ...
... face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws ...
Pagina 18
... face , Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when ...
... face , Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when ...
Pagina 19
... face , Levied a tax of wonder and applause , Even on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his ...
... face , Levied a tax of wonder and applause , Even on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his ...
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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