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" The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May.... "
The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 110
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...amiss, And, seeking grace t' improve the pri^e they bold, Would urge a wiser suit than asking more. The night was Winter in his roughest mood ; The morning...the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all it's rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...t' improve the prize they hold, Would urge a wiser suit than asking more. The night was winter in Us roughest mood; The morning sharp and clear. But now...smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene...
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The Companion for the Orchard: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits ...

Henry Phillips - Fruit - 1831 - 408 pages
...there are many situations on the coast of Sussex, between the towns of Arundel and Shoreham, where " Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where...smiles, resigning all its rage, , And has the warmth of May ;" and where, if figs were cultivated, the London markets could be amply supplied with this nutritious...
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The Task, and Other Poems

William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...improve the prize they hold, 55 Would urge a wiser suit than asking more. The night was winter in-ite roughest mood; The morning sharp and clear. But now...And where the woods fence off the northern blast, 60 The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is hlne Without...
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...it is. The few that pray at all pray oft amiss, And, seeking grace to improve the prize they hold, The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning...smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene...
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The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the ..., Volume 7

William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...amiss, And, seeking grace to improve the prize they hold, Would urge a wiser suit than asking more The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning...smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene...
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The Task: In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...improve the prize they hold, Would urge a wiser suit than askinu more. I he night was winter in its roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now...smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue I Hith a cloud, and while without a speck ' The dazzling splendour of the scene...
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Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin ...

William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...amiss, And seeking grace to improve the prize they hold 55 Would urge a wiser suit, than asking more. The night was winter in his roughest mood, The morning...And where the woods fence off the northern blast, 60 The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...
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The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and ...

William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...amiss, And seeking grace to improve the prize they hold 55 Would urge a wiser suit, than asking more. The night was winter in his roughest mood, The morning...And where the woods fence off the northern blast, 00 The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...
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Poems; to which is prefixed a memoir of the author by J. M'Diarmid

William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...amiss, And, seeking grace t' improve the prize they hold, Would urge a wiser suit than asking more. The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning...smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene...
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