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Page 17
Have changed the woods , in scarlet honours bright . O ' er these , but far beyond
( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between ) , The Ouse , dividing the
well water ' d land , Now glitters in the sun , and now , retires , As bashful , yet ...
Have changed the woods , in scarlet honours bright . O ' er these , but far beyond
( a spacious map Of hill and valley interposed between ) , The Ouse , dividing the
well water ' d land , Now glitters in the sun , and now , retires , As bashful , yet ...
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That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The
innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew ,
Beneath the rosy cloud , while y , et the beams Of dayspring overshoot his
humble nest .
That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The
innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew ,
Beneath the rosy cloud , while y , et the beams Of dayspring overshoot his
humble nest .
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It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in discipline ; more prompt
To ' avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing
death On petty robbers , and indulges life , And liberty , and ofttimes honour too ,
To ...
It is not seemly , nor of good report , That she is slack in discipline ; more prompt
To ' avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing
death On petty robbers , and indulges life , And liberty , and ofttimes honour too ,
To ...
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Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man , That Chatham ' s language
was his mother tongue , And Wolfe ' s great name compatriot with his own .
Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter !
Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man , That Chatham ' s language
was his mother tongue , And Wolfe ' s great name compatriot with his own .
Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter !
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William Cowper. Some small preeminence ; we justly boast At least superior
jockeyship , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go then , well
worthy of the praise ye seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home ,
In foreign ...
William Cowper. Some small preeminence ; we justly boast At least superior
jockeyship , and claim The honours of the turf as all our own ! Go then , well
worthy of the praise ye seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home ,
In foreign ...
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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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