The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlightning , as the ...
... beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlightning , as the ...
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... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the graye Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an ...
... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the graye Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an ...
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... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' T is free to all't is every day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To sallow sickness ...
... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' T is free to all't is every day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To sallow sickness ...
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... -- the lark is gay , That drys bis feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of day - spring over - shoot his humble nest , 92 . The peasant too , a witness of his song , 22 THE TASK .
... -- the lark is gay , That drys bis feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of day - spring over - shoot his humble nest , 92 . The peasant too , a witness of his song , 22 THE TASK .
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... beneath , and meteors from above , Portentous , unexampled , unexplain'd , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and th ' old And crazy Earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle ...
... beneath , and meteors from above , Portentous , unexampled , unexplain'd , Have kindled beacons in the skies ; and th ' old And crazy Earth has had her shaking fits More frequent , and foregone her usual rest . Is it a time to wrangle ...
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