The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...James R. Osgood and Company, 1877 |
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... toil Incurring short fatigue ; and though our years , As life declines , speed rapidly away , And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace , that age would gladly keep ; A tooth or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length ...
... toil Incurring short fatigue ; and though our years , As life declines , speed rapidly away , And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace , that age would gladly keep ; A tooth or auburn lock , and by degrees Their length ...
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... Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers ...
... Toils much to earn a monumental pile , That may record the mischiefs he has done . The summit gain'd , behold the proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride secures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers ...
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... toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle ...
... toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle ...
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... toil ! Yet even these , though , feigning sickness oft , They swathe the forehead , drag the limping limb , And vex their flesh with artificial sores , Can change their whine into a mirthful note When safe occasion offers ; and with ...
... toil ! Yet even these , though , feigning sickness oft , They swathe the forehead , drag the limping limb , And vex their flesh with artificial sores , Can change their whine into a mirthful note When safe occasion offers ; and with ...
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... toil , If toil await me , or if dangers new . Since pulpits fail , and sounding boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound , VOL . II . 6 What chance that I , to fame so little known VOL II.
... toil , If toil await me , or if dangers new . Since pulpits fail , and sounding boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound , VOL . II . 6 What chance that I , to fame so little known VOL II.
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