The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... hand immerged the goblet dips , And bears it streaming to my burning lips . There borne aloft on Fancy's wing we fly , Like souls embodied to their native sky ; Now every rock , each mountain , disappears ; And the round earth an even ...
... hand immerged the goblet dips , And bears it streaming to my burning lips . There borne aloft on Fancy's wing we fly , Like souls embodied to their native sky ; Now every rock , each mountain , disappears ; And the round earth an even ...
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... hand in hand , With Pity's watery sight . The gentler Virtues too are join'd In youth immortal warm , The soft relations which combined Give life her every charm . The Arts come smiling in the close , And lend celestial fire ; The ...
... hand in hand , With Pity's watery sight . The gentler Virtues too are join'd In youth immortal warm , The soft relations which combined Give life her every charm . The Arts come smiling in the close , And lend celestial fire ; The ...
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... hand ; Lethæan gulfs receive them as they fall , And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all . So when a child , as playful children use , Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news , The flame extinct , he views the roving fire- There ...
... hand ; Lethæan gulfs receive them as they fall , And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all . So when a child , as playful children use , Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news , The flame extinct , he views the roving fire- There ...
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... hand ; * Saul turns his arms another way , To save the invaded land . When Jonah sunk beneath the wave , He thought to rise no more ; † But God prepared a fish to save , And bear him to the shore . Blest proofs of power and grace divine ...
... hand ; * Saul turns his arms another way , To save the invaded land . When Jonah sunk beneath the wave , He thought to rise no more ; † But God prepared a fish to save , And bear him to the shore . Blest proofs of power and grace divine ...
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... hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise , They rise , but never set . Let everlasting thanks be thine , For such a bright display , As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of ...
... hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise , They rise , but never set . Let everlasting thanks be thine , For such a bright display , As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of ...
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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