British Anthologies, Volume 10Edward Arber H. Frowde, 1901 - English poetry |
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... streams abound , How laughs the land , with various plenty crowned ! But Time , that should enrich the nobler mind , Neglected , leaves a dreary waste behind ! THE ROSE . THE Rose had been washed , just 12 William Cowper .
... streams abound , How laughs the land , with various plenty crowned ! But Time , that should enrich the nobler mind , Neglected , leaves a dreary waste behind ! THE ROSE . THE Rose had been washed , just 12 William Cowper .
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... leaves were all wet ; And it seemed , to a fanciful view , To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew . I hastily seized it , unfit as it was For a nosegay , so dripping and drowned ; And swinging ...
... leaves were all wet ; And it seemed , to a fanciful view , To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew . I hastily seized it , unfit as it was For a nosegay , so dripping and drowned ; And swinging ...
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... leaves ; Nor the Ouse in its bosom their image receives ! Twelve years had elapsed , since I last took a view Of my favourite field , and the bank where they grew ; When , behold ! on their sides , in the grass , they were laid ; And I ...
... leaves ; Nor the Ouse in its bosom their image receives ! Twelve years had elapsed , since I last took a view Of my favourite field , and the bank where they grew ; When , behold ! on their sides , in the grass , they were laid ; And I ...
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... ry spray , With her chill hand , the mellow leaves away ; But corn was housed , and beans were in the stack : Now therefore issued forth the spotted pack , With tails high mounted , ears hung low , and 30 William Cowper .
... ry spray , With her chill hand , the mellow leaves away ; But corn was housed , and beans were in the stack : Now therefore issued forth the spotted pack , With tails high mounted , ears hung low , and 30 William Cowper .
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... leave the God to soft repose ! ' The smiling Maid replies , ' For Jove but laughs at Lovers ' oaths And Lovers ' perjuries ! ' By honoured Beauty's gentle power ! By Friendship's holy flame ! " ' Ah ! what is Beauty ? but a flower ! And ...
... leave the God to soft repose ! ' The smiling Maid replies , ' For Jove but laughs at Lovers ' oaths And Lovers ' perjuries ! ' By honoured Beauty's gentle power ! By Friendship's holy flame ! " ' Ah ! what is Beauty ? but a flower ! And ...
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