The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Page 12
... moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! [ track , Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his ...
... moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! [ track , Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts the eye along his ...
Page 18
... moves . Its own revolvency upholds the World . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse , and are cleansed By ...
... moves . Its own revolvency upholds the World . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes , and streams , All feel the freshening impulse , and are cleansed By ...
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... move lightly and the mountains smoke , For he has touch'd them . From the ' extremest Of elevation down into the abyss [ point His wrath is busy and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong , and the valleys rise , The rivers die ...
... move lightly and the mountains smoke , For he has touch'd them . From the ' extremest Of elevation down into the abyss [ point His wrath is busy and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong , and the valleys rise , The rivers die ...
Page 36
... Moved not , while theirs was rock'd , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may ...
... Moved not , while theirs was rock'd , like a light skiff , The sport of every wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may ...
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... moving scene , And recognise the slow - retiring fair.- Now this is fulsome ; and offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would . A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And slight ...
... moving scene , And recognise the slow - retiring fair.- Now this is fulsome ; and offends me more Than in a churchman slovenly neglect And rustic coarseness would . A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay , And slight ...
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