The Poetical Works of William CowperH.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 ...
... worth And well - tried virtues could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long . Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere , And that my raptures are not conjured up To serve occasions of poetic pomp , 135 140 145 ...
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... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of ...
... worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad , and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of ...
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... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 665 670 675 680 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft 2 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and ...
... worth and virtue in the mild And genial soil of cultivated life 665 670 675 680 Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft 2 , -in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities ; thither flow , As to a common and ...
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... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy 115 120 125 The terrors of the day that sets them ...
... worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy 115 120 125 The terrors of the day that sets them ...
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... worth , Preach it who might 23. Such was their love of truth , Their thirst of knowledge , and their candour too . And thus it is . The pastor , either vain 545 By nature , or by flattery made so , taught To gaze at his own splendour ...
... worth , Preach it who might 23. Such was their love of truth , Their thirst of knowledge , and their candour too . And thus it is . The pastor , either vain 545 By nature , or by flattery made so , taught To gaze at his own splendour ...
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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