The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... vain to find the distant floor . 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 ...
... vain to find the distant floor . 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 ...
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... vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and e'en the boding owl That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh ...
... vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles , screaming loud , The jay , the pie , and e'en the boding owl That hails the rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh ...
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... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well : He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden , brings ...
... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well : He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden , brings ...
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... prey insatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on every side , And fugitive in vain . The silvan scene Migrates uplifted 34 B. II . THE TASK .
... prey insatiable . Immense The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on every side , And fugitive in vain . The silvan scene Migrates uplifted 34 B. II . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. And fugitive in vain . The silvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an ...
William Cowper. And fugitive in vain . The silvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's light live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise press'd prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth