The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... proud Th ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with ...
... proud Th ' occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with ...
Page 16
... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride securez The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels , leaving an obscure , rude name , In characters uncouth , and spelt amiss . So ...
... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride securez The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels , leaving an obscure , rude name , In characters uncouth , and spelt amiss . So ...
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... proud disdain , Prowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm stability to what he scorns , More fix'd below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound ...
... proud disdain , Prowning , as if in his unconscious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His firm stability to what he scorns , More fix'd below , the more disturb'd above . The law , by which all creatures else are bound ...
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... proud salons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencill'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God Th'inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
... proud salons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencill'd scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God Th'inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
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... proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most poisome sewer , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on most minds Begets it's likeness . Rank abundance breeds , In gross ...
... proud , and gay , And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow , As to a common and most poisome sewer , The dregs and feculence of ev'ry land . In cities foul example on most minds Begets it's likeness . Rank abundance breeds , In gross ...
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