The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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Page xxiii
... never spoke at all . This state of mind was accompanied , as I suppose it to be in most instances of the kind , with misapprehension of things and persons , that made me a very intractable patient . I believed that everybody hated me ...
... never spoke at all . This state of mind was accompanied , as I suppose it to be in most instances of the kind , with misapprehension of things and persons , that made me a very intractable patient . I believed that everybody hated me ...
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... never shall by me , I have an annuity of 507. All these sums have accrued within this year , except the first , making together , as you perceive , an exact century of pounds annually poured into the re- plenished purse of your once ...
... never shall by me , I have an annuity of 507. All these sums have accrued within this year , except the first , making together , as you perceive , an exact century of pounds annually poured into the re- plenished purse of your once ...
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... Never ready to shoot till the covey is flown . Let her think what odd whimsies I have in my brain , When I read one page over and over again , And discover at last that I read it in vain . Let her say why so fix'd and so steady my look ...
... Never ready to shoot till the covey is flown . Let her think what odd whimsies I have in my brain , When I read one page over and over again , And discover at last that I read it in vain . Let her say why so fix'd and so steady my look ...
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... never felt . Happy ! when we but seek to endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ; For friendship , like a severed bone , Improves and gains a stronger tone When aptly reunited . APPEAL TO DELIA FOR FORGIVENESS ...
... never felt . Happy ! when we but seek to endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ; For friendship , like a severed bone , Improves and gains a stronger tone When aptly reunited . APPEAL TO DELIA FOR FORGIVENESS ...
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... never prove The glad excess of real love , They never prove the smart . Oh then , my life , at last relent ! Though cruel the reproach I sent , My sorrow was unfeigned : Your passion , had I loved you not , You might have scorned ...
... never prove The glad excess of real love , They never prove the smart . Oh then , my life , at last relent ! Though cruel the reproach I sent , My sorrow was unfeigned : Your passion , had I loved you not , You might have scorned ...
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