The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... delightful.- Another walk . - Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . - The wilderness . - The grove . - The thresher . -The necessity and the benefits of exercise ...
... delightful.- Another walk . - Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . - The wilderness . - The grove . - The thresher . -The necessity and the benefits of exercise ...
Page 12
... Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The ...
... Delighted . There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The ...
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... hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear it more . Then forests or the savage rock may please , That 22 B. I. THE TASK .
... hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we love , That such short absence may endear it more . Then forests or the savage rock may please , That 22 B. I. THE TASK .
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... music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? 1.Omai . Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 26 B. I. THE TASK .
... music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? 1.Omai . Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 26 B. I. THE TASK .
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... delight her king ? Pours she not all her choicest fruits abroad , Her sweetest flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a ...
... delight her king ? Pours she not all her choicest fruits abroad , Her sweetest flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a ...
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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