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Page 15
... And freedom claims him for her first - born son , Slaves fight for what were
better cast away , The chain that binds them , and a tyrant ' s sway , But they that
fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake ,
Religion ...
... And freedom claims him for her first - born son , Slaves fight for what were
better cast away , The chain that binds them , and a tyrant ' s sway , But they that
fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake ,
Religion ...
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No sycophant or fave that dar ' d oppose Her fácred cause , but trembled when
he rose ; And every venal fickler for the yoke , Felt himself crush ' d at the first
word he spoke . Such men are rais ' d to station and command , When
Providence ...
No sycophant or fave that dar ' d oppose Her fácred cause , but trembled when
he rose ; And every venal fickler for the yoke , Felt himself crush ' d at the first
word he spoke . Such men are rais ' d to station and command , When
Providence ...
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... assum ' d the sway , And arts reviv ' d beneath a fofter day , Then like a bow
long forc ' d into a curve , The mind , releas ' d from too conftrain ' d a nerve , Flew
to its first position with a spring That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring .
... assum ' d the sway , And arts reviv ' d beneath a fofter day , Then like a bow
long forc ' d into a curve , The mind , releas ' d from too conftrain ' d a nerve , Flew
to its first position with a spring That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring .
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The breach , though small at first , foon op ' ning wide , In rushes folly with a full -
moon tide . Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies
. As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ...
The breach , though small at first , foon op ' ning wide , In rushes folly with a full -
moon tide . Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies
. As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ...
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First appetite enlists him truth ' s sworn foe , Then obstinate self - will confirms him
fo . Tell him he wanders , that his error leads To fatal ills , that though the path he
treads Be flow ' ry , and he see no cause of fear , Death and the pains of hell ...
First appetite enlists him truth ' s sworn foe , Then obstinate self - will confirms him
fo . Tell him he wanders , that his error leads To fatal ills , that though the path he
treads Be flow ' ry , and he see no cause of fear , Death and the pains of hell ...
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Page 307 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 308 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
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Page 238 - Though blameless, had incurr'd perpetual strife, Whose deeds had left, in spite of hostile arts, A deep memorial graven on their hearts. The recollection, like a vein of ore, The farther traced enrich'd them still the more ; They thought him, and they justly thought him, one Sent to do more than he appear'd to have done, To exalt a people, and to place them high Above all else, and wonder'd he should die.
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Page 170 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his bible was sincere. Assail'd by scandal, and the tongue of strife, His only answer was — a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 308 - But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
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| Title | Poems, Volume 1 Poems, Joseph Johnson Poems, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1788 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
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