The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the ...
... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the ...
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... rising ground , the wood Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler some , And of a wannish gray : the willow such , And poplar , that with ...
... rising ground , the wood Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , Though each its hue peculiar ; paler some , And of a wannish gray : the willow such , And poplar , that with ...
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... , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud memento . Yet e'en these Themselves love life , and cling to it as he That overhangs a torrent to a twig . They love C 2 THE SOFA .
... , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud memento . Yet e'en these Themselves love life , and cling to it as he That overhangs a torrent to a twig . They love C 2 THE SOFA .
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... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . A kettle , slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel - flesh obscene of dog , Or vermin ...
... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . A kettle , slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel - flesh obscene of dog , Or vermin ...
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... rise , The rivers die into offensive pools , And , charged with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth ...
... rise , The rivers die into offensive pools , And , charged with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth ...
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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