The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page xxiii
... youth . Cowper loved him warmly , and appreciated Burns ' Poems , although he said his light was hid in a dark - lantern - allud- ing to the Scottish dialect . It is pleasing to remember , that Burns reciprocated the feeling , and cried ...
... youth . Cowper loved him warmly , and appreciated Burns ' Poems , although he said his light was hid in a dark - lantern - allud- ing to the Scottish dialect . It is pleasing to remember , that Burns reciprocated the feeling , and cried ...
Page xxvi
... youth he had probably dipped his shoe in the prevailing licentiousness of the London of that age . But subtracting all this , he was confessedly one of the best of mortal men , and might be said to have lived and died without an enemy ...
... youth he had probably dipped his shoe in the prevailing licentiousness of the London of that age . But subtracting all this , he was confessedly one of the best of mortal men , and might be said to have lived and died without an enemy ...
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... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis , or abuse : Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say , to what bar amenable were man ? With nought in charge , he could betray no ...
... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis , or abuse : Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say , to what bar amenable were man ? With nought in charge , he could betray no ...
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... youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ; - O what a dying , dying close was there ! ' Tis ...
... youth , Or lead him devious from the path of truth ; Hourly allurements on his passions press , Safe in themselves , but dangerous in the excess . Hark ! how it floats upon the dewy air ; - O what a dying , dying close was there ! ' Tis ...
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... ! 185 190 200 210 Heaven bless'd the youth , and made him fresh and fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off the anticipated joy ; Turtle and THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 31.
... ! 185 190 200 210 Heaven bless'd the youth , and made him fresh and fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off the anticipated joy ; Turtle and THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 31.
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