The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... give the Poetical Works of SHENSTONE , in addition to those formerly announced for that year . The two volumes of Cowper will be considerably thicker than the average standard , and some of the others will be correspondingly thinner ...
... give the Poetical Works of SHENSTONE , in addition to those formerly announced for that year . The two volumes of Cowper will be considerably thicker than the average standard , and some of the others will be correspondingly thinner ...
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... give Religion her unbridled scope , Nor judge by statute a believer's hope ; With close fidelity and love unfeign'd , To keep the matrimonial bond unstain'd ; Covetous only of a virtuous praise , His life a lesson to the land he sways ...
... give Religion her unbridled scope , Nor judge by statute a believer's hope ; With close fidelity and love unfeign'd , To keep the matrimonial bond unstain'd ; Covetous only of a virtuous praise , His life a lesson to the land he sways ...
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... Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away . He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel the ...
... Give him his lass , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of misery far away . He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel the ...
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... Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . 310 Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As if their duty were a desperate task ; Let ...
... Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . 310 Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential mask , As if their duty were a desperate task ; Let ...
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... Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in ...
... Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in ...
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