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Page 157
... Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air , and carols as he goes : With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; Or seeks the den where snow - tracks mark the ...
... Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the keen air , and carols as he goes : With patient angle trolls the finny deep , Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; Or seeks the den where snow - tracks mark the ...
Page 165
... cheerful influence shed , These were thy charms - but all these charms are fled . Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen And ...
... cheerful influence shed , These were thy charms - but all these charms are fled . Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen And ...
Page 196
... latest breath , And smothered in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , COWPER The Infidel and the Christian.
... latest breath , And smothered in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , COWPER The Infidel and the Christian.
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