The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... Death in his Cage .. 231 The Modern Patriot ....... 232 Report of an adjudged Case ...... 233 The Judgment of the Poets .. 234 On a mischievous Bull ... 236 The Needless Alarm ........ 237 On observing some Names of little Note recorded ...
... Death in his Cage .. 231 The Modern Patriot ....... 232 Report of an adjudged Case ...... 233 The Judgment of the Poets .. 234 On a mischievous Bull ... 236 The Needless Alarm ........ 237 On observing some Names of little Note recorded ...
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... 13. Ode on the Death of a Lady . ......... 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 264 20. No Sorrow peculiar to the Sufferer ........ 21. The Snail ..... ................... 264 265 14. The Cause won ..................... .. 15.
... 13. Ode on the Death of a Lady . ......... 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 264 20. No Sorrow peculiar to the Sufferer ........ 21. The Snail ..... ................... 264 265 14. The Cause won ..................... .. 15.
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... death— And never smiled again ! and now she roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides a gown More ...
... death— And never smiled again ! and now she roams The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when charity forbids , The livelong night . A tatter'd apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides a gown More ...
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... death On petty robbers , and indulges life , And liberty , and ofttimes honour too , To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian ...
... death On petty robbers , and indulges life , And liberty , and ofttimes honour too , To peculators of the public gold : That thieves at home must hang ; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian ...
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... death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day , that sets them free . Who then , that has thee , would not hold thee fast ...
... death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day , that sets them free . Who then , that has thee , would not hold thee fast ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's light live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise press'd prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth