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Ingenious Fancy , never better pleased Than when employ ' d to ' accommodate
the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow
at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United B 2 THE SOFA .
Ingenious Fancy , never better pleased Than when employ ' d to ' accommodate
the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow
at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United B 2 THE SOFA .
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Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where
peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the
artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weatherhouse , that useful toy !
Fearless ...
Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where
peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the
artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weatherhouse , that useful toy !
Fearless ...
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She heard the doleful tidings of his deathAnd 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 ...
She heard the doleful tidings of his deathAnd 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 ...
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... and our sports , And heard our 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 26
.
... and our sports , And heard our 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 26
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... nasal twang Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom ,
strain celestial themes Through the press ' d nostril spectacle - bestrid . Some
decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform ' d , relapse into
themselves ...
... nasal twang Heard at conventicle , where worthy men , Misled by custom ,
strain celestial themes Through the press ' d nostril spectacle - bestrid . Some
decent in demeanour while they preach , That task perform ' d , relapse into
themselves ...
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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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