The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... thine own heart , Unjustly punish me . TO DELIA . HIS HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON DELIA'S FAVOUR , NOT ON THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE . How blessed the youth whom Fate ordains A kind relief from all his pains , In some admired fair ; Whose tenderest ...
... thine own heart , Unjustly punish me . TO DELIA . HIS HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON DELIA'S FAVOUR , NOT ON THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE . How blessed the youth whom Fate ordains A kind relief from all his pains , In some admired fair ; Whose tenderest ...
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... thine own 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 ...
... thine own 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 ...
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... thine ! " VII . VANITY OF THE WORLD . GOD gives His mercies to be spent ; Your hoard will do your soul no good ; Gold is a blessing only lent , Repaid by giving others food . The world's esteem is but a bribe , To buy their peace you ...
... thine ! " VII . VANITY OF THE WORLD . GOD gives His mercies to be spent ; Your hoard will do your soul no good ; Gold is a blessing only lent , Repaid by giving others food . The world's esteem is but a bribe , To buy their peace you ...
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... Thine . XVI . THE SOWER . Matt . xiii . 3 . YE sons of earth prepare the plough , Break up your fallow ground ; The sower is gone forth to sow , And scatter blessings round . The seed that finds a stony soil Shoots forth a hasty blade ...
... Thine . XVI . THE SOWER . Matt . xiii . 3 . YE sons of earth prepare the plough , Break up your fallow ground ; The sower is gone forth to sow , And scatter blessings round . The seed that finds a stony soil Shoots forth a hasty blade ...
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... thine heart , thy works amend , Former times to mind recall , Lest my sudden stroke descend , And smite thee once for all . " Yet I number now in thee A few that are upright ; These my Father's face shall see , And walk with me in white ...
... thine heart , thy works amend , Former times to mind recall , Lest my sudden stroke descend , And smite thee once for all . " Yet I number now in thee A few that are upright ; These my Father's face shall see , And walk with me in white ...
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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