The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 15
... means of life , Society for me ! -- thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far a length of collonade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
... means of life , Society for me ! -- thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far a length of collonade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but ...
Page 19
... mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , but no refreshment find , Por none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
... mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When Custom bids , but no refreshment find , Por none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
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... Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Tow'rds the antarctic . Ev'n the favour'd isles So ...
... Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Tow'rds the antarctic . Ev'n the favour'd isles So ...
Page 37
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t'o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t'o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall ...
Page 38
... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less " Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye ...
... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less " Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye ...
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