The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page 9
... beneath her happy reign , The growth that Nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in ...
... beneath her happy reign , The growth that Nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in ...
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... beneath his hand ( A dire effect , by one of Nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
... beneath his hand ( A dire effect , by one of Nature's laws Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
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... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
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... beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine ! Counsel and caution from a ...
... beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine ! Counsel and caution from a ...
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... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display , Shines as it runs , but , grasp ...
... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display , Shines as it runs , but , grasp ...
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