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... liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a fearful joy . Gay hope is theirs by fancy ...
... liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a fearful joy . Gay hope is theirs by fancy ...
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... liberty , ( As lawless force from confidence will grow , ) Insult the plenty of the vales below ? What wonder , in the sultry climes , that spread Where Nile redundant o'er his summer - bed From his broad bosom life and verdure flings ...
... liberty , ( As lawless force from confidence will grow , ) Insult the plenty of the vales below ? What wonder , in the sultry climes , that spread Where Nile redundant o'er his summer - bed From his broad bosom life and verdure flings ...
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... liberty sung , ' Twas liberty only to hear . Thus swiftly dividing the flood , To a slave - cultured island we came , Where a Demon , her enemy , stood Oppression his terrible name . In his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge ...
... liberty sung , ' Twas liberty only to hear . Thus swiftly dividing the flood , To a slave - cultured island we came , Where a Demon , her enemy , stood Oppression his terrible name . In his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge ...
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... But there I laid the scene . There early strayed My fancy , ere yet liberty of choice . Had found me , or the hope of being free . 675 680 685 690 695 My very dreams were rural ; rural too The first 160 COWPER'S POEMS.
... But there I laid the scene . There early strayed My fancy , ere yet liberty of choice . Had found me , or the hope of being free . 675 680 685 690 695 My very dreams were rural ; rural too The first 160 COWPER'S POEMS.
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... contrasted - The Bastile , and a prisoner there -Liberty the chief recommendation of this country Modern patriotism questionable , and - why The perishable nature of the best human institu- 164 COWPER'S POEMS The Winter Morning Walk.
... contrasted - The Bastile , and a prisoner there -Liberty the chief recommendation of this country Modern patriotism questionable , and - why The perishable nature of the best human institu- 164 COWPER'S POEMS The Winter Morning Walk.
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