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Page 33
... twas but a trick of state . A brave man knows no malice , but at once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our ...
... twas but a trick of state . A brave man knows no malice , but at once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our ...
Page 54
... Twas hard , perhaps , on here and there a waif , Desirous to return , and not received : But was a wholesome rigour in the main , And taught the unblemish'd to preserve with care That purity , whose loss was loss of all . Men , too ...
... Twas hard , perhaps , on here and there a waif , Desirous to return , and not received : But was a wholesome rigour in the main , And taught the unblemish'd to preserve with care That purity , whose loss was loss of all . Men , too ...
Page 59
... twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . And wherefore ? will not God impart his light To them that ask it ? - Freely - ' tis his joy , His glory , and his nature , to impart : But to the proud , uncandid ...
... twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . And wherefore ? will not God impart his light To them that ask it ? - Freely - ' tis his joy , His glory , and his nature , to impart : But to the proud , uncandid ...
Page 95
... twas a bribe that left it : he has touch'd Corruption . Whoso seeks an audit here Propitious , pays his tribute , game or fish , Wildfowl or venison ; and his errand speeds . But faster far , and more than all the rest , A noble cause ...
... twas a bribe that left it : he has touch'd Corruption . Whoso seeks an audit here Propitious , pays his tribute , game or fish , Wildfowl or venison ; and his errand speeds . But faster far , and more than all the rest , A noble cause ...
Page 106
... twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . " Twas transient in its nature , as in show ' Twas durable ; as worthless as it ...
... twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . " Twas transient in its nature , as in show ' Twas durable ; as worthless as it ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human labour less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps PINEAPPLE pity pleasure praise press'd prize proud rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile smooth soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare spleen stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth