The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... charm and buoyant ease , for which French ladies are so distinguished , and which she had cultivated during her residence in France . The poet had seen her in company with her sister , Mrs Jones , a clergyman's widow from a neighbouring ...
... charm and buoyant ease , for which French ladies are so distinguished , and which she had cultivated during her residence in France . The poet had seen her in company with her sister , Mrs Jones , a clergyman's widow from a neighbouring ...
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... charms to show , That slaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains 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 ...
... charms to show , That slaves , howe'er contented , never know . The mind attains 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 ...
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... charm'd the town ; But measures , plann'd and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self - same ground you tread , And victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ...
... charm'd the town ; But measures , plann'd and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self - same ground you tread , And victory refuted all he said . B. And yet his judgment was not framed amiss ...
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... charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail-- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ; They trust in armies ...
... charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail-- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ; They trust in armies ...
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... charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , 485 490 500 510 I judged a man of sense could scarce do ...
... charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , 485 490 500 510 I judged a man of sense could scarce do ...
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