The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... heart , Restore their languid spirits , and recall Their lost affections unto thee and thine . 170 175 180 185 190 195 Excursion , p . 142 . 15 Betray to sight the motion of the stream By their onward lapse Else imperceptible ...
... heart , Restore their languid spirits , and recall Their lost affections unto thee and thine . 170 175 180 185 190 195 Excursion , p . 142 . 15 Betray to sight the motion of the stream By their onward lapse Else imperceptible ...
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... With eager haste he longs to rove In that fantastic scene , and thinks It must be some enchanted grove , - And in he leaps and down he sinks . Swift . South Sea . 1721 . With acrid salts ; his very heart athirst To gaze 16 COWPER'S POEMS .
... With eager haste he longs to rove In that fantastic scene , and thinks It must be some enchanted grove , - And in he leaps and down he sinks . Swift . South Sea . 1721 . With acrid salts ; his very heart athirst To gaze 16 COWPER'S POEMS .
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... heart Recoils from its own choice , -at the full feast Is famish'd , finds no music in the song , No smartness in the jest , and wonders why . Yet thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt and weary of the path they tread . The ...
... heart Recoils from its own choice , -at the full feast Is famish'd , finds no music in the song , No smartness in the jest , and wonders why . Yet thousands still desire to journey on , Though halt and weary of the path they tread . The ...
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... heart with woe . 500 505 The earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects however lovely may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary ...
... heart with woe . 500 505 The earth was made so various , that the mind Of desultory man , studious of change , And pleased with novelty , might be indulged . Prospects however lovely may be seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary ...
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... heart , But God will never . An assembly such as earth This agreeable cadence is Miltonic . Knew never , till this irksome night . Clamour such as heard in heaven till now Book vi . 442 . Book vi . 816 . Which my mind Par . Lost , v ...
... heart , But God will never . An assembly such as earth This agreeable cadence is Miltonic . Knew never , till this irksome night . Clamour such as heard in heaven till now Book vi . 442 . Book vi . 816 . Which my mind Par . Lost , v ...
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