The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... shade , Each morn , or o'er the moss imbrowned turf , Where , blessed as the prime parents of mankind In their own Eden , we would envy none ; But , greatly pitying whom the world calls happy , Gently spin out the silken thread of life ...
... shade , Each morn , or o'er the moss imbrowned turf , Where , blessed as the prime parents of mankind In their own Eden , we would envy none ; But , greatly pitying whom the world calls happy , Gently spin out the silken thread of life ...
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... shade my brow , And ready tears wait only leave to flow ! Why all that soothes a heart from anguish free , And that delights the happy - palls with me ! UPON A VENERABLE RIVAL . FULL thirty frosts since thou wert young Have chill'd the ...
... shade my brow , And ready tears wait only leave to flow ! Why all that soothes a heart from anguish free , And that delights the happy - palls with me ! UPON A VENERABLE RIVAL . FULL thirty frosts since thou wert young Have chill'd the ...
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... shade , With prayer and praise agree ; And seem , by Thy sweet bounty made , For those who follow Thee . There if Thy Spirit touch the soul , And grace her mean abode , Oh , with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her ...
... shade , With prayer and praise agree ; And seem , by Thy sweet bounty made , For those who follow Thee . There if Thy Spirit touch the soul , And grace her mean abode , Oh , with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her ...
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... shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if you can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths ...
... shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if you can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths ...
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... shades , One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; One sad epistle thence , may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth ...
... shades , One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; One sad epistle thence , may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis granted , and no plainer truth ...
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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