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Page 9
These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content
With base materials , sat on well tann ' d hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy
smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn , Or scarlet crewel , in the ...
These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content
With base materials , sat on well tann ' d hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy
smooth , With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn , Or scarlet crewel , in the ...
Page 19
... refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of
its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither ' d muscle , and the vapid soul
Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e ' en the rest he
loves .
... refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of
its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither ' d muscle , and the vapid soul
Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e ' en the rest he
loves .
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But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! whom no
love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to
draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we
...
But far beyond the rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! whom no
love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to
draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show thee here With what superior skill we
...
Page 33
Fires from beneath , and meteors 3 from above , Portentous , unexampled ,
unexplain ' d , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and the old And crazy Earth
has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time
to ...
Fires from beneath , and meteors 3 from above , Portentous , unexampled ,
unexplain ' d , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and the old And crazy Earth
has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time
to ...
Page 61
The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly , That spreads his motley wings
in the ' eye of noon , To sport their season , and be seen no more . The rest are
sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discoveries new and rare .
The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly , That spreads his motley wings
in the ' eye of noon , To sport their season , and be seen no more . The rest are
sober dreamers , grave and wise , And pregnant with discoveries new and rare .
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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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