The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 14
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gath'ring rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather - house , that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gath'ring rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
Page 15
... peaceful covert mine . “ Here , ” I have said , " at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . " Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the ...
... peaceful covert mine . “ Here , ” I have said , " at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . " Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the ...
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... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow . Prodigies enumerated . Sicilian earthquakes . Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin . God the agent in them . The philosophy that stops ...
... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow . Prodigies enumerated . Sicilian earthquakes . Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin . God the agent in them . The philosophy that stops ...
Page 34
... peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations in a world , that seems To toll the death - bell of it's own decease , And by the voice of all it's elements To preach the gen'ral doom . * When were the winds Let slip with such a warrant to ...
... peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations in a world , that seems To toll the death - bell of it's own decease , And by the voice of all it's elements To preach the gen'ral doom . * When were the winds Let slip with such a warrant to ...
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... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd , where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd , where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
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beauty beneath breath cause charge charms close course deep delight distant divine dream earth ease ev'n ev'ry fair fall fancy fear feed feel felt field fire flow'r force fruit give glory grace half hand happy head heart Heav'n honour hope hour human it's kind king land least length less light live lost means mind Nature never once peace perhaps play pleasure pow'r praise proud prove rest rise scene seek seems seen sense shine side sight smile song soon soul sound stands sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou thought thousand toil true truth turn virtue voice waste wind wisdom wise wish worth youth