The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1879 |
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... thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When Sin has shed dishonour on thy brow , And never of a sabler hue than now ) 390 395 Hast thou , with heart perverse and conscience seared ...
... thou hast known eclipses , and endured Dimness and anguish , all thy beams obscured , When Sin has shed dishonour on thy brow , And never of a sabler hue than now ) 390 395 Hast thou , with heart perverse and conscience seared ...
Page 122
... thou hast wrought , And none can teach them but whom thou hast taught . Oh ! see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the ...
... thou hast wrought , And none can teach them but whom thou hast taught . Oh ! see me sworn to serve thee , and command A painter's skill into a poet's hand , That while I trembling trace a work divine , Fancy may stand aloof from the ...
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... thou alone canst make ? And wilt thou quit the stream That murmurs through the dewy mead , The grove , and the sequestered shed , To be a guest with them ? * Poems , 1782 , 8vo . p . 310 5 10 15 For thee I panted , thee I prized , For ...
... thou alone canst make ? And wilt thou quit the stream That murmurs through the dewy mead , The grove , and the sequestered shed , To be a guest with them ? * Poems , 1782 , 8vo . p . 310 5 10 15 For thee I panted , thee I prized , For ...
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