The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines : nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines : nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
Page 66
... flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
... flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
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... flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to it's appointed use . Not so when Winter scowls . Assistant Art Then acts in Nature's office , brings to pass The glad espousals , and ensures the crop . Grudge not ...
... flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to it's appointed use . Not so when Winter scowls . Assistant Art Then acts in Nature's office , brings to pass The glad espousals , and ensures the crop . Grudge not ...
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... one social shade , as if conven'd By magic summons of th ' Orphean lyre . Yet just arrangement , rarely brought to pass But by a master's hand disposing well The gay diversities of leaf and flow'r , Must lend THE GARDEN . 75.
... one social shade , as if conven'd By magic summons of th ' Orphean lyre . Yet just arrangement , rarely brought to pass But by a master's hand disposing well The gay diversities of leaf and flow'r , Must lend THE GARDEN . 75.
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William Cowper. The gay diversities of leaf and flow'r , Must lend it's aid t illustrate all their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retird , but still ...
William Cowper. The gay diversities of leaf and flow'r , Must lend it's aid t illustrate all their charms , And dress the regular yet various scene . Plant behind plant aspiring , in the van The dwarfish , in the rear retird , but still ...
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