The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... seem'd Than the firin oak , of which the frame was form'd . No want of timber then was felt or fear'd In Albion's happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by it's own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some ...
... seem'd Than the firin oak , of which the frame was form'd . No want of timber then was felt or fear'd In Albion's happy isle . The lumber stood Pond'rous and fix'd by it's own massy weight . But elbows still were wanting ; these , some ...
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... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And , posted on this speculative height , Exults in it's command . The sheep fold here Pours out it's fleecy tenants o'er the glebe . At first progressive as a stream ...
... seem a glorious prize , And even to a clown . Now roves the eye ; And , posted on this speculative height , Exults in it's command . The sheep fold here Pours out it's fleecy tenants o'er the glebe . At first progressive as a stream ...
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... 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 silver lines his leaf , And ...
... 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 silver lines his leaf , And ...
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... seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlightning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev'ry ...
... seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlightning , as the leaves Play wanton , ev'ry ...
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... seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impression of the blast with 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 ...
... seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impression of the blast with 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 ...
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