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... Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound . How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs whose bright example unimpeach'd Directs thee to ...
... Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound . How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs whose bright example unimpeach'd Directs thee to ...
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... happy ! and , in my account , denied That sensibility of pain with which Refinement is endued , thrice happy thou ! The physical advantages arising from a life of rural labour BOOK IV . 413 THE GARDEN .
... happy ! and , in my account , denied That sensibility of pain with which Refinement is endued , thrice happy thou ! The physical advantages arising from a life of rural labour BOOK IV . 413 THE GARDEN .
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... HAPPY RECOVERY . I RANSACK'D , for a theme of song , Much ancient chronicle , and long , I read of bright embattled fields , Of trophied helmets , spears , and shields , Of chiefs , whose single arm could boast Prowess to dissipate a ...
... HAPPY RECOVERY . I RANSACK'D , for a theme of song , Much ancient chronicle , and long , I read of bright embattled fields , Of trophied helmets , spears , and shields , Of chiefs , whose single arm could boast Prowess to dissipate a ...
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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 palæstra 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