The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... wind abated . Herbert's voice came to him , in the valley of that shadow , even as there came to Christian , in the " Pilgrim , " when in the depth of the same gloomy glen , " the voice of a man going before him , and say- ing ...
... wind abated . Herbert's voice came to him , in the valley of that shadow , even as there came to Christian , in the " Pilgrim , " when in the depth of the same gloomy glen , " the voice of a man going before him , and say- ing ...
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... 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 ; Its error , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour ...
... 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 ; Its error , if it err'd , was merely this- He thought the dying hour ...
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... wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one , Short his career indeed , but ably run , - Churchill ; himself unconscious of his powers , In penury consumed his idle hours , And , like a scatter'd seed at ...
... wind , and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one , Short his career indeed , but ably run , - Churchill ; himself unconscious of his powers , In penury consumed his idle hours , And , like a scatter'd seed at ...
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... wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable would tell you ' tis a lie ...
... wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable would tell you ' tis a lie ...
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... wind she swims , and sails away , Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! 1 all the Muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory . The Graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that ...
... wind she swims , and sails away , Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! 1 all the Muses weep for thee ; But every tear shall scald thy memory . The Graces too , while Virtue at their shrine Lay bleeding under that ...
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