The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? 1.Omai . Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 26 B. I. THE TASK .
... are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy joys Lost nothing by comparison with ours ? 1.Omai . Rude as thou art ( for we return'd thee rude 26 B. I. THE TASK .
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... once ferried o'er the wave That parts us , are emancipate and loosed . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and ...
... once ferried o'er the wave That parts us , are emancipate and loosed . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free ; They touch our country , and their shackles fall . That's noble , and ...
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... once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured ...
... once Forgets in peace the injuries of war , And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , shamed as we have been , to the very beard Braved and defied , and in our own sea proved Too weak for those decisive blows that once Ensured ...
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... once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ? There is a pleasure in poetic pains , Which only poets know . The ...
... once your nobler fathers won a crown ! - ' Tis generous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ? There is a pleasure in poetic pains , Which only poets know . The ...
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... once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar ...
... once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen , save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routs , familiar ...
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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