The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 10
... means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view , My visit still , but never mine abode . 18 Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us : Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
... means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view , My visit still , but never mine abode . 18 Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us : Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
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... Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where it advances far into the deep , Towards the Antarctic . Even the favour'd isles So lately ...
... Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where it advances far into the deep , Towards the Antarctic . Even the favour'd isles So lately ...
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... means , but he must die . Storms rise to o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rise to o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall ...
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... means since first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go " dress thine eyes with eye - salve ...
... means since first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go " dress thine eyes with eye - salve ...
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... mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous , and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if dangers new3 . Since pulpits fail , and sounding - boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound , What chance that I ...
... mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous , and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if dangers new3 . Since pulpits fail , and sounding - boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound , What chance that I ...
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