The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... Sweet Meat has Sour Sauce ; or , the Siave - trade in the Dumps Epigram 410 • 411 • The Yearly Distress ; or , Tithing - time at Stock , in Essex Sonnet addressed to Henry Cowper , Esq . The Dog and the Water Lily Motto for a Clock On ...
... Sweet Meat has Sour Sauce ; or , the Siave - trade in the Dumps Epigram 410 • 411 • The Yearly Distress ; or , Tithing - time at Stock , in Essex Sonnet addressed to Henry Cowper , Esq . The Dog and the Water Lily Motto for a Clock On ...
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... sweet it was to reconcile After this heavy pelt ; That we should gain by this allay When next we met , and laugh away The care we never felt . Happy ! when we but seek to endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ...
... sweet it was to reconcile After this heavy pelt ; That we should gain by this allay When next we met , and laugh away The care we never felt . Happy ! when we but seek to endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ...
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... sweet soe'er the verse complain , Though Phoebus string the lyre . Come then , fair maid , ( in nature wise , ) Who , knowing them , can tell From generous sympathy what joys The glowing bosom swell ; In justice to the various powers Of ...
... sweet soe'er the verse complain , Though Phoebus string the lyre . Come then , fair maid , ( in nature wise , ) Who , knowing them , can tell From generous sympathy what joys The glowing bosom swell ; In justice to the various powers Of ...
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... Sweet Sensibility ! And generous Friendship 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 ...
... Sweet Sensibility ! And generous Friendship 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 ...
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... sweet alternate rime , Clinking , like change of bells , in tingle tangle chime . III . The lark shall soar in every ... sweets away ; Extract its beauty , and its power , From every new poetic flower , And sweets collected may a wreath ...
... sweet alternate rime , Clinking , like change of bells , in tingle tangle chime . III . The lark shall soar in every ... sweets away ; Extract its beauty , and its power , From every new poetic flower , And sweets collected may a wreath ...
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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