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Title: The poetical works of William Cowper. Complete edition, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c. ..
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Cowper, William, 1731-1800
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Publisher: London, F. Warne and co. New York, Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e gift whose office is the Givers praise,To trace Him in His word, His works, His ways,Then spread the rich discovery, and inviteMankind to share in the divine delight;Distorted from its use and just design,To make the pitiful possessor shine,To purchase at the fool-frequented fairOf vanity, a wreath for self to wear, 124 TABLE TALK Is profanation of the basest kind—Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind. A. Hail, Sternhold then, and Hopkins, hail! * B. Amen.If flattery, folly, lust, employ the pen; If acrimony, slander, and abuse, Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butlers wit, Popes numbers, Priors ease, With all that fancy can invent to please, Adorn the polishd periods as they fall, One madrigal of theirs is worth them all. A. Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe,To dash the pen through all that you proscribe. B. No matter—we could shift when they were not;And should, no doubt, if they were all forgot * Authors of the old version of the Pgalms. esgggggitoJ
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Her fields a rich expanse of wavy cornPourd out from Plentys overflowing horn;Ambrosial gardens, in which art suppliesThe fervour and the force of Indian skies. Expostulation EXPOSTULATION. ARGUMENT. Expostulation with the Muse—Englands apparently prosperous condition—State of Israelwhen the prophet wept over it—The Babylonian captivity—When nations decline,the evil commences in the Church—State of the Jews in the time of our Saviour—Evidences of their having been the most favoured of nations—Causes of their down-fall—Lesson taught by it—Warning to Britain—The hand of Providence to betraced in adverse events—Englands transgressions—Her vain-glory—Her conducttowards India—Abuse of the sacrament—Obduracy—Character of the Clergy—Thepoet adverts to the state of the ancient Britons—Beneficial influence of the Romanpower—England under papal supremacy—Favours bestowed on her by Providence—Reasons for gratitude to God and for seeking to secure His fav

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