The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has ...
... hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , But genuine , and art partner of them all . How oft upon yon eminence our pace Has ...
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... hast thou lived so long , Nor yet forgot to love ? Ye Sages ! spite of your pretences To wisdom , you must own Your folly frequently commences When you acknowledge none . Not that I deem it weak to love , Or folly to admire ; But ah ...
... hast thou lived so long , Nor yet forgot to love ? Ye Sages ! spite of your pretences To wisdom , you must own Your folly frequently commences When you acknowledge none . Not that I deem it weak to love , Or folly to admire ; But ah ...
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... hast virtue to deserve them all . Yet vain , alas ! that idle hope would be That builds on happiness remote from thee . Oh ! may thy charms , whate'er our fate decrees , Please , as they must , but let them only please— Not like the sun ...
... hast virtue to deserve them all . Yet vain , alas ! that idle hope would be That builds on happiness remote from thee . Oh ! may thy charms , whate'er our fate decrees , Please , as they must , but let them only please— Not like the sun ...
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... hast made us , And died for us in love . And couldst thou be delighted With creatures such as we , Who , when we saw thee , slighted , And nailed thee to a tree ? Unfathomable wonder , And mystery divine ! The Voice that speaks in ...
... hast made us , And died for us in love . And couldst thou be delighted With creatures such as we , Who , when we saw thee , slighted , And nailed thee to a tree ? Unfathomable wonder , And mystery divine ! The Voice that speaks in ...
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... hast done To save me from my sin , I cannot make thy mercies known , But self - applause creeps in . Divine desire , that holy flame Thy grace creates in me ; Alas ! impatience is its name , When it returns to thee . This heart , a ...
... hast done To save me from my sin , I cannot make thy mercies known , But self - applause creeps in . Divine desire , that holy flame Thy grace creates in me ; Alas ! impatience is its name , When it returns to thee . This heart , a ...
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admire beauty beneath blest boast breast charms Child & Co DEAR FRIEND death Delia delight divine dream earth edition eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers GEORGE ROMNEY give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Homer honour hope John Fenn John Gilpin John Johnson Johnson Joseph Hill labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letter lines live Lord lyre mind Muse nature never Newton night numbers nymphs o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace perhaps pleasure poems poet poet's poetic portrait praise prove rest scene scorn seems shade shine skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stream sweet Task taste tears tell thee theme thine things thou art thought truth Unwin Vaughan Johnson verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER wish Yaxham youth