The poetical works of William Cowper Complete edition, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c .. . virtue, stand and ! silent ? Is your boasting heard no more ?That self-renouncing wisdom, learnd before,Had shed immortal glories on your brow,That all your virtues cannot purchase now. All joy to the believer ! He can speak,Trembling yet happy, confident yet meek. Since the dear hour that brought me to Thy foot,And cut up all my follies by the root,I never trusted in an arm but Thine,Nor hoped but in Thy righteousness divine :My prayers and alms, imperfect and defiled,Were but the feeble
The poetical works of William Cowper Complete edition, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c .. . virtue, stand and ! silent ? Is your boasting heard no more ?That self-renouncing wisdom, learnd before,Had shed immortal glories on your brow,That all your virtues cannot purchase now. All joy to the believer ! He can speak,Trembling yet happy, confident yet meek. Since the dear hour that brought me to Thy foot,And cut up all my follies by the root,I never trusted in an arm but Thine,Nor hoped but in Thy righteousness divine :My prayers and alms, imperfect and defiled,Were but the feeble efforts of a child ; 106 TRUTH. Howeer performd, it was their brightest part,That they proceeded from a grateful heart;Cleansed in Thine own all-purifying blood,Forgive their evil, and accept their good :I cast them at Thy feet—my only pleaIs what it was, dependance upon Thee :While struggling in the vale of tears below,That never faild, nor shall it fail me now. Angelic gratulations rend the skies,Pride falls unpitied, never more to rise,Humility is crownd, and Faith receives the TABLE TALK. AfiGUMENT. Fal=e glory—Attributes of royalty in England—Quevedo?s satire on kings—Kingsobjects of pity—Inquiry concerning the cause of Englishmen^ scorn of arbitraryrule—Character of the English and the French—Freedom—Freedom sometimesneeds the restraints of discipline—Reference to the Gordon riots in London—LordChatham—Political state of England—The vices that debase her portend her down-fall—Political events the instruments of Providence—The poet disclaims propheticinspiration—The choice of a subject—Reference to Homer, Virgil, and ^lilton—Progress of poetry—The poet laments that religion is not more frequently unitedwith poetry. Si te forte mea? gravis uret sarcina ch&rtse,Abjicito. Hor. lib. i. Ep. 13. A. You told me, I remember, glory, builtOn selfish principles, is shame and guilt:The deeds that men admire as half divine,Stark naught, becau
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