The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 19
... beauty , her fertility . She dreads An instant's pause , and lives but while she moves . Its own revolvency upholds the World . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious ; oceans ...
... beauty , her fertility . She dreads An instant's pause , and lives but while she moves . Its own revolvency upholds the World . Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious ; oceans ...
Page 21
... Beauty , when no cause Por such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet smiles , and beloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys ...
... Beauty , when no cause Por such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair Sweet smiles , and beloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys ...
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... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chisel occapy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care , With nice incision of her guided steel She plows a ...
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chisel occapy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care , With nice incision of her guided steel She plows a ...
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... beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy " The terrours of the day ...
... beauty oft and letter'd worth consume Life in the unproductive shades of death , Fall prone : the pale inhabitants come forth , And , happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy " The terrours of the day ...
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... beauty , starves his flock . Therefore avaunt all attitude , and stare , And start theatric , practis'd at the glass ! I seek divine simplicity in him , Who handles things divine ; and all besides , Though learn'd with labour , and ...
... beauty , starves his flock . Therefore avaunt all attitude , and stare , And start theatric , practis'd at the glass ! I seek divine simplicity in him , Who handles things divine ; and all besides , Though learn'd with labour , and ...
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