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Page 7
Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . - - Mistake concerning
the charins of solitude corrected . - Colonnades commended . — Alcove , and the
view from it . The wilderness . - - The grove . - The thresher . . - Tbe necessity and
...
Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . - - Mistake concerning
the charins of solitude corrected . - Colonnades commended . — Alcove , and the
view from it . The wilderness . - - The grove . - The thresher . . - Tbe necessity and
...
Page 13
Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The
tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far spreading
wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his ...
Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The
tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far spreading
wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his ...
Page 22
... the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious ,
seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter ' d vale ,
Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile
, Not ...
... the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious ,
seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter ' d vale ,
Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile
, Not ...
Page 25
Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with
thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e ' er she spring
spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And
strength is lord of ...
Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with
thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs ( If e ' er she spring
spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails , And
strength is lord of ...
Page 27
She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb ' st the mountain top , with
eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste , For sight of ship from
England . Every speck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of
contending ...
She tells me too , that duly every morn Thou climb ' st the mountain top , with
eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste , For sight of ship from
England . Every speck Seen in the dim horizon turns thee pale With conflict of
contending ...
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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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