The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... rising sweet With charm of earliest birds , & c . But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds , & c . Par . Lost , iv . 641-656 . 75 68 80 85 90 95 35 100 Milton has another of these replicatory passages at ...
... rising sweet With charm of earliest birds , & c . But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds , & c . Par . Lost , iv . 641-656 . 75 68 80 85 90 95 35 100 Milton has another of these replicatory passages at ...
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... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the ...
... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devised the ...
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... rising ground , the wood 305 Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , 21 Their name , their years , spelt by the unletter'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply . 22 For who ...
... rising ground , the wood 305 Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has its charms , 21 Their name , their years , spelt by the unletter'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply . 22 For who ...
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... rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again34 . These speak a loud memento . Yet even these 33 Like cats in air pumps , to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive . 34 the gay assembly's gayest room Young ...
... rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again34 . These speak a loud memento . Yet even these 33 Like cats in air pumps , to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive . 34 the gay assembly's gayest room Young ...
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... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . A kettle slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel ; flesh obscene of dog , Or vermin ...
... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . A kettle slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel ; flesh obscene of dog , Or vermin ...
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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