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Page 14
When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with
tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new
discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I
forth ; and found ...
When winter soaks the fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with
tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new
discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I
forth ; and found ...
Page 16
At first , progressive as a stream , they seek The middle field ; but scatter ' d by
degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt
hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten ' d of its charge , The
...
At first , progressive as a stream , they seek The middle field ; but scatter ' d by
degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt
hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten ' d of its charge , The
...
Page 19
... are favour ' d least . The love of Nature and the scenes she draws Is Nature ' s
dictate . - Strange ! there should be found , Who , self - imprison ' d in their proud
saloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented THÉ SOFA .
... are favour ' d least . The love of Nature and the scenes she draws Is Nature ' s
dictate . - Strange ! there should be found , Who , self - imprison ' d in their proud
saloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented THÉ SOFA .
Page 20
Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ;
Who , satisfied with only pencil ' d scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God
The ' inferior wonders of an artist ' s hand ? Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ;
But ...
Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ;
Who , satisfied with only pencil ' d scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God
The ' inferior wonders of an artist ' s hand ? Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ;
But ...
Page 21
With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he
left Far distant , such as he would die to find He seeks them headlong , and is
seen no more , The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye ,
the ...
With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he
left Far distant , such as he would die to find He seeks them headlong , and is
seen no more , The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye ,
the ...
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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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