The Poetical Works of William CowperFrederick Warne and Company, 1899 - 649 pages |
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Page 64
... thou a sinner , soul ? " He said , " Then how canst thou complain ? How light thy troubles here , if weigh'd With everlasting pain ! " If thou of murmuring wouldst be cured , Compare thy griefs with mine ; Think what my love for thee ...
... thou a sinner , soul ? " He said , " Then how canst thou complain ? How light thy troubles here , if weigh'd With everlasting pain ! " If thou of murmuring wouldst be cured , Compare thy griefs with mine ; Think what my love for thee ...
Page 161
... Thou wast the veriest slave in days of yore . That ever dragg'd a chain or tugg'd an oar ; Thy monarchs arbitrary ... thou didst not dare exert , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ! It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou ...
... Thou wast the veriest slave in days of yore . That ever dragg'd a chain or tugg'd an oar ; Thy monarchs arbitrary ... thou didst not dare exert , Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert ! It shakes the sides of splenetic Disdain , Thou ...
Page 518
... thou some individual of a kind Long lived by nature as the rook or hind ? Heap treasure , then , for if thy need be such , Thou hast excuse , and scarce canst heap too much . But man thou seem'st , clear therefore from thy breast This ...
... thou some individual of a kind Long lived by nature as the rook or hind ? Heap treasure , then , for if thy need be such , Thou hast excuse , and scarce canst heap too much . But man thou seem'st , clear therefore from thy breast This ...
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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