The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... theme , and urging him to far superior endeavours . She suggested the Progress of Error , " a moral satire , and Cowper at once began , and con- tinued it enthusiastically . Then he wrote " Truth , Table Talk , " and Expostulation ...
... theme , and urging him to far superior endeavours . She suggested the Progress of Error , " a moral satire , and Cowper at once began , and con- tinued it enthusiastically . Then he wrote " Truth , Table Talk , " and Expostulation ...
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... theme , But hope to merit your esteem , She would not thus conceal her lays , Ambitious to deserve your praise . But should my Delia take offence , And frown on her im pertinence , In silence , sorrowing and forlorn , Would the ...
... theme , But hope to merit your esteem , She would not thus conceal her lays , Ambitious to deserve your praise . But should my Delia take offence , And frown on her im pertinence , In silence , sorrowing and forlorn , Would the ...
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William Cowper. Such is that heart ; -but while the Muse Thy theme , O Richardson , pursues , Her feebler spirits faint ; She cannot reach , and would not wrong That subject for an angel's song , The hero , and the saint ! IN A LETTER TO ...
William Cowper. Such is that heart ; -but while the Muse Thy theme , O Richardson , pursues , Her feebler spirits faint ; She cannot reach , and would not wrong That subject for an angel's song , The hero , and the saint ! IN A LETTER TO ...
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... theme , And shall be till I die . Then in a nobler , sweeter song , I'll sing Thy power to save ; When this poor lisping stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave . Lord , I believe Thou hast prepared ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a ...
... theme , And shall be till I die . Then in a nobler , sweeter song , I'll sing Thy power to save ; When this poor lisping stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave . Lord , I believe Thou hast prepared ( Unworthy though I be ) For me a ...
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... theme of God's salvation , And find it ever new ; Set free from present sorrow , We cheerfully can say , E'en let the unknown to - morrow Bring with it what it may ! It can bring with it nothing , But He will bear us through ; Who gives ...
... theme of God's salvation , And find it ever new ; Set free from present sorrow , We cheerfully can say , E'en let the unknown to - morrow Bring with it what it may ! It can bring with it nothing , But He will bear us through ; Who gives ...
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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