The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the ...
... rising moon , have charms for me . Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh , Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist , whose ingenious thought Devis'd the ...
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... rising ground , the wood Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has it's charms , Though each it's bue peculiar ; paler some , And of a wannish gray ; the willow such , And poplar , that with ...
... rising ground , the wood Seems sunk , and shorten'd to its topmost boughs . No tree in all the grove but has it's charms , Though each it's bue peculiar ; paler some , And of a wannish gray ; the willow such , And poplar , that with ...
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... rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud momento . Yet een these Themselves loye life , and cling to it , as he , That overhangs a torrent , to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet ...
... rise , Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again . These speak a loud momento . Yet een these Themselves loye life , and cling to it , as he , That overhangs a torrent , to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet ...
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... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood , that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . . A kettle , slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel - flesh obscene of dog , Or ...
... rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood , that skirts the wild . A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal . . A kettle , slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse , Receives the morsel - flesh obscene of dog , Or ...
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... rise , The rivers die into offensive pools , And charg'd with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented ...
... rise , The rivers die into offensive pools , And charg'd with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented ...
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