The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... soon whiten all the land . 270 275 280 285 290 294 There , from the sun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain , while lighten'd of its charge The wain that meets it passes swiftly by , The boorish driver leaning o'er his ...
... soon whiten all the land . 270 275 280 285 290 294 There , from the sun - burnt hay - field homeward creeps The loaded wain , while lighten'd of its charge The wain that meets it passes swiftly by , The boorish driver leaning o'er his ...
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... soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs , -is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured 445 A fever's agonies , and ...
... soon its healthful hue , His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires , He walks , he leaps , he runs , -is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured 445 A fever's agonies , and ...
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... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot If ever it has washed our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , 645 650 655 A patriot's for his country ...
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot If ever it has washed our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , 645 650 655 A patriot's for his country ...
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... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , which enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . 770 THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND 26 COWPER'S POEMS .
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , which enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . 770 THE TASK . BOOK II . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND 26 COWPER'S POEMS .
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... soon learn'd15 ; And under such preceptors , who can fail ? There is a pleasure 16 in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts " and turns , The expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms ...
... soon learn'd15 ; And under such preceptors , who can fail ? There is a pleasure 16 in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts " and turns , The expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms ...
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