The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 20
... throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye - sweet Nature's , ev'ry sense . The air salubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And music 20 THE TASK .
... throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye - sweet Nature's , ev'ry sense . The air salubrious of her lofty hills , The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales , And music 20 THE TASK .
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... sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in love With one who left ...
... sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid riband bound . A serving maid was she , and fell in love With one who left ...
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... sense , Should England prosper , when such things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all essenc'd o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when such as ...
... sense , Should England prosper , when such things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all essenc'd o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when such as ...
Page 56
... sense , and taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what ...
... sense , and taste Of what is excellent in man , they thirst With such a zeal to be what they approve , That no restraints can circumscribe them more Than they themselves by choice , for wisdom's sake . Nor can example hurt them : what ...
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... sense , say I , From reveries so airy , from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells , And growing old in drawing nothing up ! “ ' T were well , ” says one sage erudite , profound , Terribly arch'd , and aquiline his nose , And ...
... sense , say I , From reveries so airy , from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells , And growing old in drawing nothing up ! “ ' T were well , ” says one sage erudite , profound , Terribly arch'd , and aquiline his nose , And ...
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