The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind , Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast ...
... Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind , Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast ...
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... mighty wind , but by that voice 100 105 110 9 All the merry hearted do sigh . The mirth of tabrets ceaseth , the noise of them that rejoice endeth , the joy of the harp ceaseth . The city of confusion is broken down . Isaiah , xxiv . 10 ...
... mighty wind , but by that voice 100 105 110 9 All the merry hearted do sigh . The mirth of tabrets ceaseth , the noise of them that rejoice endeth , the joy of the harp ceaseth . The city of confusion is broken down . Isaiah , xxiv . 10 ...
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... mighty frame , how build , unbuild , contrive , To save appearances . Par . Lost , viii . 76 . • What win I , if I gain the thing I seek ? A dream , a breath , a froth of fleeting joy : Who buys a minute's worth to wail a week , Or ...
... mighty frame , how build , unbuild , contrive , To save appearances . Par . Lost , viii . 76 . • What win I , if I gain the thing I seek ? A dream , a breath , a froth of fleeting joy : Who buys a minute's worth to wail a week , Or ...
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... mighty freak , The wonder of the north . No forest fell When thou would'st build ; no quarry sent its stores To enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods , And make thy marble of the glassy wave . In such a palace Aristaus found ...
... mighty freak , The wonder of the north . No forest fell When thou would'st build ; no quarry sent its stores To enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods , And make thy marble of the glassy wave . In such a palace Aristaus found ...
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... mighty process is maintain'd , Who sleeps not , is not weary ; in whose sight Slow - circling ages are as transient days ; Whose work is without labour , whose designs No flaw deforms , no difficulty thwarts , And whose beneficence no ...
... mighty process is maintain'd , Who sleeps not , is not weary ; in whose sight Slow - circling ages are as transient days ; Whose work is without labour , whose designs No flaw deforms , no difficulty thwarts , And whose beneficence no ...
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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