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BY

WILLIAM COWPER,

Of the INNER TEMPLE, Esq.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL I.

Sicut aquæ
Sole repercuffum, aut radiantis imagine lunæ,
Omnia pervolitat latè loca, jamque fub auras
Erigitur, fummique ferit laquearia tecti.

tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis

So water trembling in a polish'd vase,
Reflects the beam that plays upon its face,
The sportive light, uncertain where it falls,
Now ftrikes the roof, now flashes on the walls.

VIRG. EN. VIII.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for J. JOHNSON, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard.

M, D C C, LXXXVIII.

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On felfish principles, is fhame and guilt;

The deeds that men admire as half divine,

Stark naught, because corrupt in their defign.

Strange doctrine this! that without fcruple tears
The laurel that the very lightning fpares,

VOL. I.

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