The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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... heard to utter her name . About this time , Cowper received a pension of £ 300 per annum ; but of this well merited reward he appears to have taken but little or no notice . A few years passed on , during which our auther at occasional ...
... heard to utter her name . About this time , Cowper received a pension of £ 300 per annum ; but of this well merited reward he appears to have taken but little or no notice . A few years passed on , during which our auther at occasional ...
Page 25
... heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate softer far than ours , Not forni'd like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk ...
... heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a climate softer far than ours , Not forni'd like us , with such Herculean powers , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk ...
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... heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks gave law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his ...
... heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks gave law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his ...
Page 33
... heard ; To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes , Ennobling every reason that he chose ; He sunk in ...
... heard ; To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes , Ennobling every reason that he chose ; He sunk in ...
Page 63
... heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days ...
... heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore : And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ; Hence the complexion of his future days ...
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