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252 9 . Sparrows self - domesticated . . . . . . . 253 10 . Familiarity dangerous . . .
254 11 . Invitation to the Redbreast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 12 . Strada ' s Nightingale
. . . . . . . . . . . 256 13 . Ode on the Death of a 257 14 . The Cause won .
252 9 . Sparrows self - domesticated . . . . . . . 253 10 . Familiarity dangerous . . .
254 11 . Invitation to the Redbreast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 12 . Strada ' s Nightingale
. . . . . . . . . . . 256 13 . Ode on the Death of a 257 14 . The Cause won .
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Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil
his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom
bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek ...
Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil
his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom
bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek ...
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... that o ' ershade , distort , And mar the face of Beauty , when po cause For such
immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet
smiles and bloom less transient than her It is the constant revolution , stale Town .
... that o ' ershade , distort , And mar the face of Beauty , when po cause For such
immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet
smiles and bloom less transient than her It is the constant revolution , stale Town .
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But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! whom no
love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to
draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we
...
But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! whom no
love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to
draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we
...
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The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved . - Our own late
miscarriages ... Profusion itself , with all its consequent evils , ascribed , as to its
principal cause , to the want of discipline in the universities . O for a lodge in
some vast ...
The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved . - Our own late
miscarriages ... Profusion itself , with all its consequent evils , ascribed , as to its
principal cause , to the want of discipline in the universities . O for a lodge in
some vast ...
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| Title | The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2 Volumes 79-80 of British poets Volumes 79-80 of British poets, including translations The Poems of William Cowper, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2009 |
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