The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake ' concerning the charms of Solitude corrected . Colon . nades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . The thresher ...
... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . Another walk . Mistake ' concerning the charms of Solitude corrected . Colon . nades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . The thresher ...
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... scenes that sooth'd Or charm'd me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of pow'r to charm me still ... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His lab'ring ...
... scenes that sooth'd Or charm'd me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of pow'r to charm me still ... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His lab'ring ...
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... Scenes must be beautiful , which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the ...
... Scenes must be beautiful , which daily view'd Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the ...
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... scenes where 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 ...
... scenes where 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 ...
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... scene , Diversified with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet various . Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine , Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the ...
... scene , Diversified with trees of ev'ry growth , Alike , yet various . Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech , distinctly shine , Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the ...
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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