The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Dark Places " ) . Post 8vo . 35. 6d . Uniform with the STANDARD LIBRARY , price Ss . 6d . , BOHN'S EXTRA VOLUMES . 1. GRAMMONT'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF CHARLES II . Portrait . 2 & 3. RABELAIS ' WORKS . Complete in 2 Vols . Portrait . 4 ...
... Dark Places " ) . Post 8vo . 35. 6d . Uniform with the STANDARD LIBRARY , price Ss . 6d . , BOHN'S EXTRA VOLUMES . 1. GRAMMONT'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF CHARLES II . Portrait . 2 & 3. RABELAIS ' WORKS . Complete in 2 Vols . Portrait . 4 ...
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... dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the peasant's nest . And hidden as it is , and far remote 225 From such unpleasing sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs 230 16 17 Incessant , clinking ...
... dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the peasant's nest . And hidden as it is , and far remote 225 From such unpleasing sounds as haunt the ear In village or in town , the bay of curs 230 16 17 Incessant , clinking ...
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... dark 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 ...
... dark 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 ...
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... dark abode have bred , Escapes at last to liberty and light . 425 430 435 440 His cheek recovers soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs , -is wing'd with joy , And riots in the ...
... dark abode have bred , Escapes at last to liberty and light . 425 430 435 440 His cheek recovers soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs , -is wing'd with joy , And riots in the ...
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... dark , 520 Left them as dark themselves . Their rules of life Defective and unsanction'd , proved too weak 22 Another lean unwashed artificer . King John . To bind the roving appetite , and lead Blind Nature B. II . 41 THE TASK .
... dark , 520 Left them as dark themselves . Their rules of life Defective and unsanction'd , proved too weak 22 Another lean unwashed artificer . King John . To bind the roving appetite , and lead Blind Nature B. II . 41 THE TASK .
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