The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And having human feelings , does not blush And hang his head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground , To carry me , to fan me while I sleep , And ...
... beast . Then what is man ? And what man seeing this , And having human feelings , does not blush And hang his head , to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground , To carry me , to fan me while I sleep , And ...
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... beast and bird , 225 230 235 240 245 On bird and beast , the other charged for man 82 COWPER'S POEMS .
... beast and bird , 225 230 235 240 245 On bird and beast , the other charged for man 82 COWPER'S POEMS .
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William Cowper Robert Southey. On bird and beast , the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day ; Not sumptuously adorn'd , nor needing aid Like homely - featured night , of clustering gems , A star or two just ...
William Cowper Robert Southey. On bird and beast , the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day ; Not sumptuously adorn'd , nor needing aid Like homely - featured night , of clustering gems , A star or two just ...
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... beasts , 21 In the centre of a world whose soil every Is rank with all unkindness , compassed round With such memorials , I have sometimes felt That ' twas no momentary happiness 335 340 345 350 355 360 bone 365 To have one enclosure ...
... beasts , 21 In the centre of a world whose soil every Is rank with all unkindness , compassed round With such memorials , I have sometimes felt That ' twas no momentary happiness 335 340 345 350 355 360 bone 365 To have one enclosure ...
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... good And just in his account , why bird and beast Should suffer torture , and the streams be dyed With blood of their inhabitants impaled . 390 Earth groans beneath the burthen of a war Waged with B. VI , 137 THE TASK .
... good And just in his account , why bird and beast Should suffer torture , and the streams be dyed With blood of their inhabitants impaled . 390 Earth groans beneath the burthen of a war Waged with B. VI , 137 THE TASK .
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ADAM ANGEL art thou Avernus beasts beauty BEELZEBUB Behold beneath birds boast bosom breath bright call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dear death delight divine dost thou dread dream earth eternal eyes fair falchions fame fear feel fire FLESH flowers form'd fruit glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace hand happy heard heart heaven hell Hence honour human Julius Cæsar labour light live Lord lost LUCIFER mighty mind nature Nebaioth never nymph o'er once pain peace pleasure Portrait praise proud prove SATAN Satire vi scene seat seem'd SERPENT shine sigh sight skies smile song soon soul sound speak spirit STANDARD LIBRARY stars stream sweet taste tears thee thine things thou art thou hast toil truth Twas Vincent Bourne virtue voice VOLAN Vols WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wings wisdom wish wonder worth