The Poetical Works of William CowperWarne, 1872 - 611 pages |
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... Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable The Soul that Loves God finds Him Everywhere A Child of God longing to see Him Beloved Aspiration of the Soul after God Gratitude and Love to God Happy Solitude ...
... Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable The Soul that Loves God finds Him Everywhere A Child of God longing to see Him Beloved Aspiration of the Soul after God Gratitude and Love to God Happy Solitude ...
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... truth ) , He rather had too much . Some said that it was want of sense , And others , want of spirit ( So blest a thing is impudence ) , While others could not bear it . But some a different notion had , And at each other winking ...
... truth ) , He rather had too much . Some said that it was want of sense , And others , want of spirit ( So blest a thing is impudence ) , While others could not bear it . But some a different notion had , And at each other winking ...
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... truth ! Five suns successive rose and set , And saw no monarch in his state , Wrapped in the blaze of majesty , So free from every care as I , Next day the scene was overcast ; Such day till then I never passed , For on that day ...
... truth ! Five suns successive rose and set , And saw no monarch in his state , Wrapped in the blaze of majesty , So free from every care as I , Next day the scene was overcast ; Such day till then I never passed , For on that day ...
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... truth , But not himself , the dear distinguish'd youth ; Pity for him perhaps they may express― Pity , that will but heighten his distress . But , wretched rival ! he must sigh to see The sprightlier rays of love directed all to me ...
... truth , But not himself , the dear distinguish'd youth ; Pity for him perhaps they may express― Pity , that will but heighten his distress . But , wretched rival ! he must sigh to see The sprightlier rays of love directed all to me ...
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... truth , When your experience errs ; For once attempt not to despise What I esteem a rule : Who early loves , though young , is wise , - Who old , though grey , a fool . AN ODE ON READING " SIR CHARLES GRANDISON . " 16 UPON A VENERABLE ...
... truth , When your experience errs ; For once attempt not to despise What I esteem a rule : Who early loves , though young , is wise , - Who old , though grey , a fool . AN ODE ON READING " SIR CHARLES GRANDISON . " 16 UPON A VENERABLE ...
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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