The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1879 |
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... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
Page 178
... fancy can devise ; With helmet heads , and dragon - scales adorned , The mighty myriads , now securely scorned , Would mock the majesty of man's high birth , Despise his bulwarks , and unpeople earth : Then with a glance of Fancy to ...
... fancy can devise ; With helmet heads , and dragon - scales adorned , The mighty myriads , now securely scorned , Would mock the majesty of man's high birth , Despise his bulwarks , and unpeople earth : Then with a glance of Fancy to ...
Page 182
... Fancy claps her pinions at the sight ; 190 The rising or the setting orb of day , The clouds that flit , or slowly float away , Nature in all the various shapes she wears , Frowning in storms , or breathing gentle airs , The snowy robe ...
... Fancy claps her pinions at the sight ; 190 The rising or the setting orb of day , The clouds that flit , or slowly float away , Nature in all the various shapes she wears , Frowning in storms , or breathing gentle airs , The snowy robe ...
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charms cheerful cousin dear delight divine dream earth East Dereham eyes fancy favour fear feel frown garden Gayhurst Gilpin give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley heart Heaven Homer honourable hope hour House of Lords John John Gilpin John Newton Johnson kind labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh land letter light live Lord Lord Chancellor Lord Thurlow Martin Madan melancholy mercy mind Mundesley Muse Nature never Newton night Nonsense Club o'er occasion Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure Poems poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn seems shine skies smile soon sorrow soul Southey Southey's stand subsequent editions sweet thee theme thine things thou thought Throckmortons Thurlow truth Unwin verse virtue waste Weston whilst WILLIAM COWPER wish written