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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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O may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pamper ' d appetite obscene )
From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine Excess . The Sofa suits The
gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a Sofa , may I never feel : For I
have ...
O may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pamper ' d appetite obscene )
From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine Excess . The Sofa suits The
gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a Sofa , may I never feel : For I
have ...
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track , Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with
cattle sprinkled o ' er , Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted .
There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook ' d , our favourite elms ,
That ...
track , Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with
cattle sprinkled o ' er , Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted .
There , fast rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook ' d , our favourite elms ,
That ...
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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 ' d , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the
value ...
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 ' d , but worthy of a better fate . Our fathers knew the
value ...
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I admire , None more admires the painter ' s magic skill , Who shows me that
which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian
light on English walls ; . But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye
...
I admire , None more admires the painter ' s magic skill , Who shows me that
which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian
light on English walls ; . But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye
...
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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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