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Page 354 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before.
Page 237 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 182 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Page 351 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
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Page 352 - My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin...
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Page 356 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 352 - A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, — Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit : " My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit.
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| Title | Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ... Volume 1 of Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes, Joseph Johnson |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Contributor | Joseph Johnson |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1793 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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