The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... never became possessed of that confident and undaunted spirit which is there so often generated ; but , from his poem entitled “ Tirocinium , " that the impressions made upon his mind from what he witnessed in this place , were such as ...
... never became possessed of that confident and undaunted spirit which is there so often generated ; but , from his poem entitled “ Tirocinium , " that the impressions made upon his mind from what he witnessed in this place , were such as ...
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... never flat or insipid ; and sometimes the true poet breaks through , in a vein of vigorous and lively description . His next volume , published in 1785 , introduced bis name to all the lovers of poetry , and gave him at least an ...
... never flat or insipid ; and sometimes the true poet breaks through , in a vein of vigorous and lively description . His next volume , published in 1785 , introduced bis name to all the lovers of poetry , and gave him at least an ...
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... never better pleas'd , Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleas'd , Than when employ'd t ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devis'd The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes , Of grassy swarth , close - cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and ...
... never feel : For I have lov'd the rural walk through lanes , Of grassy swarth , close - cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have lov'd the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and ...
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... never overlook'd , onr favrite elms That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on it's ...
... never overlook'd , onr favrite elms That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on it's ...
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