The Poetical Works of William CowperFrederick Warne and Company, 1899 - 649 pages |
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... Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound ! How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs whose bright example unimpeach'd Directs thee to ...
... Happy the man there seeking and there found , Happy the nation where such men abound ! How shall a verse impress thee ? by what name Shall I adjure thee not to court thy shame ? By theirs whose bright example unimpeach'd Directs thee to ...
Page 311
... happy ! and in my account , denied The sensibility of pain with which Refinement is endued , thrice happy thou . Thy frame , robust and hardy , feels indeed The piercing cold , but feels it unimpair'd . The learned finger never need ...
... happy ! and in my account , denied The sensibility of pain with which Refinement is endued , thrice happy thou . Thy frame , robust and hardy , feels indeed The piercing cold , but feels it unimpair'd . The learned finger never need ...
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... happy sound ; Big with the consolation , That I have often found ; I said " My lot is sorrow , My grief has no alloy ; " The rocks replied— “ To - morrow To - morrow brings thee joy . " These sweet and secret tidings , What bliss it is ...
... happy sound ; Big with the consolation , That I have often found ; I said " My lot is sorrow , My grief has no alloy ; " The rocks replied— “ To - morrow To - morrow brings thee joy . " These sweet and secret tidings , What bliss it is ...
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beams beauty beneath bids blessing boast bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear Delia delight despair divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd gay river give glory Gordon riots grace hand happy hast hate hear heart Heaven heavenly hope hour JEHOVAH-SHALOM JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH John Gilpin light live Lord lyre mercy mercy seat mind Muse nature Nebaioth never nymph o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poet praise prayer prove rest Robert Lloyd sacred Saviour scene scorn seek seem'd shine sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound stamp'd stream sweet sweet oblivion taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling trifler truth Twas virtue waste Westminster School Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth