The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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William Cowper. But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The live - long night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But ...
William Cowper. But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The live - long night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But ...
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... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though ...
... human mould , should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banish'd from society , prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though ...
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... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
... human nature's broadest , foulest blot , Chains him , and tasks him , and exacts his sweat With stripes , that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps , when she sees inflicted on a beast . Then what is man ? And what man , seeing this , And ...
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William Cowper. The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and with all its soil Alighting in far distant ...
William Cowper. The tumult and the overthrow , the pangs And agonies of human and of brute Multitudes , fugitive on ev'ry side , And fugitive in vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted ; and with all its soil Alighting in far distant ...
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... human hands . The pulpit , therefore , ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing , ) – The pulpit , ( when the satrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty ...
... human hands . The pulpit , therefore , ( and I name it fill'd With solemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing , ) – The pulpit , ( when the satrist has at last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty ...
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