 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...Felt them in her bosom glow : Rushed to battle, fought, and died ; Dying hurled them at the foe. XI. Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance...Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you. STANZAS Subjoined to the Yearly Bill of Mortality of the Parish of ALL-SAINTS, NORTHAMPTON, . Anno... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...all a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow, Rush'd to battle, fought and died, Dying hurl'd them at the foe. Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due ; Empire is on us bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. § 383. Heroism. COWPER. THERE was a time when ./Etna's silent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...them in her hosom glow : Rushed to hattle, fought, and died ; Dying hurled them at the foe. Rullians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due ; Empire is on us hestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you. HEROISM. TniiRE was a time when jEtna's silent fire Slept uuperceived,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...; Perish, hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome, for empire far renowned, Tramples on a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the...Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you . I* i. RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK. THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN ANN DODHAM. OH that those... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow : Rush'd to battle, fought, and died ; Dying hnrl'd them at the foe ; Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due; Empire is on us bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. ODE TO APOLLO. ON AN INK-GLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN. PATRON... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow : Rush'd to battle, fought, and died ; Dying hurl'd them at the foe ; Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due ; Empire is on us bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. ON AN INK.GLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN. PATRON of all those... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow : Rush'd to battle, fought, and died ; Dying hurl'd them at the foe; Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due; Empire is on ns bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. ON AN INK-GLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN. PATRON of all those... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre. She, with all a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow, Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance...Empire is on' us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you. Cowper. 10. — Hope, the Friend of the Brave. FRIEND of the brave ! in peril's darkest' hour, Intrepid... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...Of his sweet but awful lyre. She, with all a monarch's pride, Felt them in her Iwsom glow ; Ilushed to battle, fought, and died ; Dying hurled them at...Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you. SUNSET AND SUNRISE. CONTEMPLATE, when the sun declines, Thy death, with deep reflection ! And when... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...all a monarch's pride, Felt them in her bosom glow; Rush'd to battle, fought, and died; Dying hurl'd them at the foe : Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due; Empire is on us bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. ,,,-.„,,; >-.-., ODE TO APOLLO. ON AN INK-GLASS ALMOST DRIED... | |
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Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. " Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they." Such the bard's... 
