The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... Fancy , never better pleased Than when employed to accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft SETTEE ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it received , United yet divided , twain at ...
... Fancy , never better pleased Than when employed to accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft SETTEE ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow , it received , United yet divided , twain at ...
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... fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch ...
... fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids the wretch To drink sweet waters of the crystal well ; He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch ...
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... fancy and strong thought are theirs ; Even age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front 395 400 405 Oak The veteran shows , and gracing a grey beard With THE ...
... fancy and strong thought are theirs ; Even age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front 395 400 405 Oak The veteran shows , and gracing a grey beard With THE ...
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... Fancy followed him through foaming waves To distant shores , and she would sit and weep 540 At what a sailor suffers ; Fancy too , Delusive most where warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , 545 And dream of ...
... Fancy followed him through foaming waves To distant shores , and she would sit and weep 540 At what a sailor suffers ; Fancy too , Delusive most where warmest wishes are , Would oft anticipate his glad return , 545 And dream of ...
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... Fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly every morn Thou climbest the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste For sight of ...
... Fancy paints thee , and though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when she paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly every morn Thou climbest the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide the watery waste For sight of ...
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Aspasio beauty Bell beneath boast breath bright British Museum cause charms Clifton Reynes Cowper Dale death Deciduous declension deem delight distant divine dream earth ease fair fame Fancy fear feel flowers folly Friendship fruit give grace grave Grimshawe hand happy hast Hayley heard heart Heaven honour hope John Johnson labour less live lyre Mighty winds mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never Newport Pagnel night numbers Nymphs o'er Olney once peace perhaps pleasures Poems poet praise printed prove rest scene scorn seek seems shine sight skies sleep smile soft song soon soul sound Southey Southey's spare subsequent editions sweet task taste taste Of evils tattlers thee theme thine things thou art thought toil truth Twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth