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Page 71
What longest binds the closest forms secure The shapely side , that as it rises
takes , . By just degrees , an overhanging breadth , Sheltering the base with its
projected eaves ; The ' uplifted frame , compact at every joint , . III . III . And
overlaid ...
What longest binds the closest forms secure The shapely side , that as it rises
takes , . By just degrees , an overhanging breadth , Sheltering the base with its
projected eaves ; The ' uplifted frame , compact at every joint , . III . III . And
overlaid ...
Page 72
And overlaid with clear , translucent glass , He settles next upon the sloping
mount , Whose sharp declivity shoots off secure From the dash ' d pane the
deluge as it falls . He shuts it close , and the first labour ends . Tbrice must the
voluble and ...
And overlaid with clear , translucent glass , He settles next upon the sloping
mount , Whose sharp declivity shoots off secure From the dash ' d pane the
deluge as it falls . He shuts it close , and the first labour ends . Tbrice must the
voluble and ...
Page 78
I therefore recommend , though at the risk Of popular disgust , yet boldly still , The
cause of piety , and sacred truth , And virtue , and those scenes which God ordain
' d Should best secure them and promote them most ; Scenes that I love , and ...
I therefore recommend , though at the risk Of popular disgust , yet boldly still , The
cause of piety , and sacred truth , And virtue , and those scenes which God ordain
' d Should best secure them and promote them most ; Scenes that I love , and ...
Page 79
Cities then Attract us , and neglected Nature pines Abandon ' d as unworthy of
our love . But are not wholesome airs , though unperfumed By roses ; and clear
suns , though scarcely felt ; And groves , if unharmonious , yet secure From
clamour ...
Cities then Attract us , and neglected Nature pines Abandon ' d as unworthy of
our love . But are not wholesome airs , though unperfumed By roses ; and clear
suns , though scarcely felt ; And groves , if unharmonious , yet secure From
clamour ...
Page 86
Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem
advanced To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and
exempts me from them all . It turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its ...
Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem
advanced To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and
exempts me from them all . It turns submitted to my view , turns round With all its ...
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| Title | The Poems of William Cowper, Volume 2 Volumes 79-80 of British poets Volumes 79-80 of British poets, including translations The Poems of William Cowper, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2009 |
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