Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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الصفحة 78
... Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote old age To sports , which only childhood could excuse . There they are happiest , who dissemble best Their weariness ; and they the most polite , Who squander time ...
... Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote old age To sports , which only childhood could excuse . There they are happiest , who dissemble best Their weariness ; and they the most polite , Who squander time ...
الصفحة 79
... gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then shake them in despair , and dance again ! 661 Now basket up the family of plagues , That waste BOOK II . 79 THE TIME - PIECE .
... gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then shake them in despair , and dance again ! 661 Now basket up the family of plagues , That waste BOOK II . 79 THE TIME - PIECE .
الصفحة 80
William Cowper. Now basket up the family of plagues , That waste our vitals ; peculation , sale Of honour , perjury , corruption , frauds By forgery , by subterfuge of law , By tricks and lies as num'rous and as keen As the necessities ...
William Cowper. Now basket up the family of plagues , That waste our vitals ; peculation , sale Of honour , perjury , corruption , frauds By forgery , by subterfuge of law , By tricks and lies as num'rous and as keen As the necessities ...
الصفحة 109
... studious of laborious ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time , 1 See the note at the end of this volume . pen , 360 Not waste it , and aware that human life Is BOOK III . 109 THE GARDEN . Page 1 45 The Garden 91.
... studious of laborious ease , Not slothful , happy to deceive the time , 1 See the note at the end of this volume . pen , 360 Not waste it , and aware that human life Is BOOK III . 109 THE GARDEN . Page 1 45 The Garden 91.
الصفحة 110
William Cowper. Not waste it , and aware that human life Is but a loan to be repaid with use , When he shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings , business finds Ev'n here : while sedulous I seek t ' improve ...
William Cowper. Not waste it , and aware that human life Is but a loan to be repaid with use , When he shall call his debtors to account , From whom are all our blessings , business finds Ev'n here : while sedulous I seek t ' improve ...
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