The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... thousand megrims of the same stamp . " This affliction was the more terrible because he was at that time about to be married to Mrs. Unwin . * This fact , long doubted , is now well known . It was naturally to be expected that such a ...
... thousand megrims of the same stamp . " This affliction was the more terrible because he was at that time about to be married to Mrs. Unwin . * This fact , long doubted , is now well known . It was naturally to be expected that such a ...
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... genuine love supplied ; Fair in itself the current shows , But ah ! a thousand anxious woes Pollute the noble tide . These are emotions known to few ; For where at APPEAL TO DELIA FOR FORGIVENESS . 7 Appeal to Delia for Forgiveness To ...
... genuine love supplied ; Fair in itself the current shows , But ah ! a thousand anxious woes Pollute the noble tide . These are emotions known to few ; For where at APPEAL TO DELIA FOR FORGIVENESS . 7 Appeal to Delia for Forgiveness To ...
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William Cowper. Who can , like me , the nice resentment prove , The thousand soft disquietudes of love ; The trivial strifes that cause a real pain ; The real bliss when reconciled again ? Let him alone dispute the real prize , And read ...
William Cowper. Who can , like me , the nice resentment prove , The thousand soft disquietudes of love ; The trivial strifes that cause a real pain ; The real bliss when reconciled again ? Let him alone dispute the real prize , And read ...
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... thousand toils beneath . In vain we trifle with our fate ; Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For Death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed ...
... thousand toils beneath . In vain we trifle with our fate ; Try every art in vain ; At best we but prolong the date , And lengthen out our pain . Fondly we think all danger fled , For Death is ever nigh ; Outstrips our unavailing speed ...
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... thousand dangers ; Weary , faint , trembling with a thousand terrors , I'm call'd , if vanquish'd ! to receive a sentence Worse than Abiram's . Him the vindictive rod of angry Justice Sent quick and howling to the centre headlong ; I ...
... thousand dangers ; Weary , faint , trembling with a thousand terrors , I'm call'd , if vanquish'd ! to receive a sentence Worse than Abiram's . Him the vindictive rod of angry Justice Sent quick and howling to the centre headlong ; I ...
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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