| William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...peaceful shore ; I tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE LOVE ABUSED. "WHAT is there in the vale of life, Half so delightful as...When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth,... | |
| William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...as a wife, When friendftup, love, and peace combine To flamp the marriage bond divine ? The ftream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth, a fecond Eden fho'ws, Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of fenfual... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...peaceful shore ; I, tempest tossed, and wrecked at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows WhereVer the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's feverish... | |
| Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1807 - 428 pages
...a wife, When friendfliip, love, and peace combine, To ftamp the marriage bjnd divine? > The ftream of. pure and genuine love Derives its Current from above; And earth a fecond Eden (hows, Where'er the hewing water- flows : But, ah ! if from the dikes and drains Of frnfual... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last,. Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vafc of life, Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine. To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth... | |
| William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...peaceful shore ; I tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, -Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. \VHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...its current from above ; And earth, a second Eden shews, Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...; I, tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last. Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there ki the vale of life, Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...peaceful shore ; I, tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water floAvs : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust, like a lawless... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...peaceful shore; I, tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life. Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace comhine To stamp the marriage-bond divine? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...love to be a mere profession ; Proves that the heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's feverish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated with ooze and mud, Descending fast... | |
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