The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 18
... give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant fail , That seems to swing uncertain , and ...
... give ample space To narrow bounds . The grove receives us next ; Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms We may discern the thresher at his task . Thump after thump resounds the constant fail , That seems to swing uncertain , and ...
Page 21
... 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 , That THE SOFA 21.
... 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 , That THE SOFA 21.
Page 29
... Gives more than female 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 ...
... Gives more than female 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 ...
Page 38
... gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrefy the breath of blooming Health . He calls for Famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivell'd lips , And taints the golden ...
... gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin , And putrefy the breath of blooming Health . He calls for Famine , and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivell'd lips , And taints the golden ...
Page 40
... gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , sham'd as we have been , to th ' very beard Brav'd and defied , and in our own sea prov'd Too weak for those decisive blows , that once Ensur'd us mast'ry there , we yet retain Some small ...
... gives his direst foe a friend's embrace . And , sham'd as we have been , to th ' very beard Brav'd and defied , and in our own sea prov'd Too weak for those decisive blows , that once Ensur'd us mast'ry there , we yet retain Some small ...
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