The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page xi
... sigh a long adieu to woods and fields , " which never appeared so beautiful as when he was leaving them to return no more . Three years after this event , he removed from the Middle to the Inner Temple , and purchased cham- bers there ...
... sigh a long adieu to woods and fields , " which never appeared so beautiful as when he was leaving them to return no more . Three years after this event , he removed from the Middle to the Inner Temple , and purchased cham- bers there ...
Page xiv
... sighs of a hopeless affection . But the great difficulty was , how to rid himself of the meagre fiend — Want — which was beginning to stare him in the face . At this time , while talking one day on his affairs with a friend , he ...
... sighs of a hopeless affection . But the great difficulty was , how to rid himself of the meagre fiend — Want — which was beginning to stare him in the face . At this time , while talking one day on his affairs with a friend , he ...
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... Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , 112 120 130 140 ...
... Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause , 112 120 130 140 ...
Page 43
... sigh for a return , Bewilder'd once , must he bewail his loss For ever and for ever ? No - the Cross ! There , and there only ( though the deist rave , And atheist , if earth bear so base a slave ) ; There , and there only , is the ...
... sigh for a return , Bewilder'd once , must he bewail his loss For ever and for ever ? No - the Cross ! There , and there only ( though the deist rave , And atheist , if earth bear so base a slave ) ; There , and there only , is the ...
Page 50
... Sighs if perhaps your appetite should fail , And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please , And , proud to make his firm attachment known , 50 TRUTH .
... Sighs if perhaps your appetite should fail , And if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please , And , proud to make his firm attachment known , 50 TRUTH .
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