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Page 67
... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp❜ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp❜ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
Page 98
... is a venial crime , And if the youth , unmellow'd yet by time , Bore on his branch , luxuriant then and rude , Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , The fatal folly of self - righteousness . Maturer years 8 98 TRUTH .
... is a venial crime , And if the youth , unmellow'd yet by time , Bore on his branch , luxuriant then and rude , Fruits of a blighted size , austere and crude , The fatal folly of self - righteousness . Maturer years 8 98 TRUTH .
Page 363
... folly's circle , which she draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless by heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but ...
... folly's circle , which she draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless by heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but ...
Contents
Translations from Vincent Bourne | xv |
Progress of Error | 60 |
Truth | 82 |
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause Charity charms Christian Cowper delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly form'd frown fruit give glory God's grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human Inner Temple int'rest John Gilpin land light lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never o'er once palęstra peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove red vengeance religion rude sacred sapience scene scorn Scrib seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler true truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom worth youth zeal