The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... close friendship with the Rev. Mr. Newton , then minister there , and since rector of St. Mary Woolnoth , London , whose religious opinions were in unison with his own . To a collection of hymns published by him , Cowper contributed a ...
... close friendship with the Rev. Mr. Newton , then minister there , and since rector of St. Mary Woolnoth , London , whose religious opinions were in unison with his own . To a collection of hymns published by him , Cowper contributed a ...
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... close , or needle - work sublime . There might ye see the piony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the ...
... close , or needle - work sublime . There might ye see the piony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the ...
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... Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard T'attain ...
... Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard T'attain ...
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... close - cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers ' brink , B'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds , Tenjoy a ...
... close - cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers ' brink , B'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds , Tenjoy a ...
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... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the Peasant's Nest . And ...
... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the Peasant's Nest . And ...
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