The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... fire ; The marble breathes , the canvass glows , The Muses sweep the lyre . " Still may my melting bosom cleave To sufferings not my own ; And still the sigh responsive heave , Where'er is heard a groan . " So Pity shall take Virtue's ...
... fire ; The marble breathes , the canvass glows , The Muses sweep the lyre . " Still may my melting bosom cleave To sufferings not my own ; And still the sigh responsive heave , Where'er is heard a groan . " So Pity shall take Virtue's ...
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... fire- There goes my lady , and there goes the squire , There goes the parson - O illustrious spark ! And there , scarce less illustrious , goes the clerk . * Written in 1780 , and sent to the Rev. W. Unwin in a letter dated Sept. 3 , in ...
... fire- There goes my lady , and there goes the squire , There goes the parson - O illustrious spark ! And there , scarce less illustrious , goes the clerk . * Written in 1780 , and sent to the Rev. W. Unwin in a letter dated Sept. 3 , in ...
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... fires ; Borne far away on elevated wings , They sport like wanton doves in airy rings , And laws and duties are neglected things . Nor he alone address'd the wayward fair ; Full many a knight had been entangled there . But still ...
... fires ; Borne far away on elevated wings , They sport like wanton doves in airy rings , And laws and duties are neglected things . Nor he alone address'd the wayward fair ; Full many a knight had been entangled there . But still ...
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... fire , While , all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows Virtue as its sure reward , And Pleasure brings as surely in her train , Remorse , and Sorrow , and vindictive Pain . Man thus endued with an elective voice , Must be ...
... fire , While , all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows Virtue as its sure reward , And Pleasure brings as surely in her train , Remorse , and Sorrow , and vindictive Pain . Man thus endued with an elective voice , Must be ...
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... fire ; Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again : Oh that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of the land , Who fasten without mercy on the fair ...
... fire ; Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again : Oh that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of the land , Who fasten without mercy on the fair ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty beneath boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly give glory Gordon riots grace groves hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour John Gilpin JOHN MILTON John Throckmorton kings labour light live Lord lost lyre mind Muse Nathaniel Cotton nature never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas Parnassian peace Phoebus pleasure poet praise prove rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth