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Page 15
If solitude make scant the means of life , Society for me ! - thou seeming sweet ,
Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not
distant far a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now
scorn ...
If solitude make scant the means of life , Society for me ! - thou seeming sweet ,
Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not
distant far a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now
scorn ...
Page 19
Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil
his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom
bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek ...
Himself derives No mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil
his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom
bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek ...
Page 35
The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his
wants , Conspire against him . With his breath he draws A plague into his blood ;
and cannot use Life ' s necessary means , but he must die THE TIMEPIECE . 35.
The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his
wants , Conspire against him . With his breath he draws A plague into his blood ;
and cannot use Life ' s necessary means , but he must die THE TIMEPIECE . 35.
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Life ' s necessary means , but he must die . Storms rise to ' o ' erwhelm him ; or , if
stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none
assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there .
Life ' s necessary means , but he must die . Storms rise to ' o ' erwhelm him ; or , if
stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none
assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there .
Page 37
... bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the
cause Suspend the effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since
first he made the And did he not of old employ his means ( world ? To drown it ?
... bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discovery of the
cause Suspend the effect , or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since
first he made the And did he not of old employ his means ( world ? To drown it ?
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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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