The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... falls into a serious strain of rural description , intermixed with moral sentiments and portraitures , which is preserved through the six books , freely ranging from thought to thought with no perceptible method . For the purpose of ...
... falls into a serious strain of rural description , intermixed with moral sentiments and portraitures , which is preserved through the six books , freely ranging from thought to thought with no perceptible method . For the purpose of ...
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... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and ...
... fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course . Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and ...
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... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' T is perch'd apon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of ...
... falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : ' T is perch'd apon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of ...
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... fail , That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the cbaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist * See the foregoing note . Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam 18 THE TASK .
... fail , That seems to swing uncertain , and yet falls Full on the destin'd ear . Wide flies the cbaff , The rustling straw sends up a frequent mist * See the foregoing note . Of atoms , sparkling in the noon - day beam 18 THE TASK .
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... Grac'd with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE . Argument . THE SOFA . 31.
... Grac'd with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE . Argument . THE SOFA . 31.
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