The Works of William Cowper Comprising his poems, correspondence, and translations. With a life of the author, by the editor, Robert Southey |
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EPITAPH.
Here Johnson lies—a sage, by all allow'd,Whom to have bred, may well make England proud;
Whose prose was Eloquence, by Wisdom taught,
The graceful vehicle of virtuous thought;
Whose verse may claim, grave, masculine, and strong,
Superior praise to the mere poet's song;
How many a noble gift from Heav'n possess'd,
And faith at last, alone worth all the rest.
O man, immortal by a double prize,
By fame on earth, by glory in the skies!
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TO WM. COWPER, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ. ON HIS POEMS IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
In what high strains, my Muse, wilt thouAttempt great Cowper's worth to show?
Pindaric strains shall tune the lyre,
And 'twould require
A Pindar's fire
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The lofty bard, delightful sage,
Ever the wonder of the age,
And blessing to the earth.
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