 The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .  Poems - Page 111by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...beginning to its close, is a perplexing enigma. To such a letter, the lines of Cowper may be applied, " One had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." It may be added, that the man who can write better, \ rs thus doing injustice to himself. An improper... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon...Safe policy, but hateful. So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower, Unpleasant and ungrateful. They whisper trivial things,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defined, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...Tom, or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or ta bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be detin'd, First fixes our attention. So manners... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. A similarity of mind, Or something not to be defined, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. MINOR POEMS. So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower, Unpleasant and... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 pages
...Jack, And proves, by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon,...Safe policy, but hateful ! So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower Unpleasant and ungrateful. They whisper trivial things,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back. His sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon,...little, and hear all you can ; Safe policy, but hateful ! 80 barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower Unpleasant and ungrateful.... | |
 | Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon - English poetry - 1834 - 140 pages
...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back, Ho'w he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon, or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent... | |
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