The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... side , and elevated high Taught the raised shoulders to invade the ears . Long time elapsed or ere our rugged sires Complain'd , though incommodiously pent in , And ill at ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan ' murmur , as became the ...
... side , and elevated high Taught the raised shoulders to invade the ears . Long time elapsed or ere our rugged sires Complain'd , though incommodiously pent in , And ill at ease behind . The ladies first ' Gan ' murmur , as became the ...
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... side the grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear ; Groves , heaths , and smoking villages remote . Scenes must be beautiful ...
... side the grace Of hedge - row beauties numberless , square tower , Tall spire , from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear ; Groves , heaths , and smoking villages remote . Scenes must be beautiful ...
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... side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire ; Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find , - He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt ...
... side he stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire ; Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find , - He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt ...
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... side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an enormous ...
... side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted , and with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and upwrought To an enormous ...
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... side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routes , familiar with a round Of ladyships , a stranger to the poor ; Ambitious of ...
... side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his pen save when he scrawls a card ; Constant at routes , familiar with a round Of ladyships , a stranger to the poor ; Ambitious of ...
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