The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days ; - The growth of what is excellent , so hard To attain perfection in this nether world ...
... smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days ; - The growth of what is excellent , so hard To attain perfection in this nether world ...
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... smiles and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys 33 , That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
... smiles and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys 33 , That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
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... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug inclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us , happy to renounce a while 36 , Not senseless of its charms , what still ...
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug inclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us , happy to renounce a while 36 , Not senseless of its charms , what still ...
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... sons of Italy were surely blest.- But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . Goldsmith . Traveller . · 1 Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile B. I. 21 THE TASK .
... sons of Italy were surely blest.- But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . Goldsmith . Traveller . · 1 Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile B. I. 21 THE TASK .
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William Cowper Robert Southey. · 1 Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity ...
William Cowper Robert Southey. · 1 Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity ...
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