The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... the year 1787 271 The same for 1788 The same for 1789 The same for 1790 • The same for 1792 The same for 1793 On a Goldfinch starved to death in his Cage 273 275 277 279 • • · 281 • 283 The Pineapple and the Bee Horace , Book 11. Ode.
... the year 1787 271 The same for 1788 The same for 1789 The same for 1790 • The same for 1792 The same for 1793 On a Goldfinch starved to death in his Cage 273 275 277 279 • • · 281 • 283 The Pineapple and the Bee Horace , Book 11. Ode.
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... death- And never smiled again ! and row she rooms The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when Charity forbids , The livelong night . A tattered apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides , a gown ...
... death- And never smiled again ! and row she rooms The dreary waste ; there spends the livelong day , And there , unless when Charity forbids , The livelong night . A tattered apron hides , Worn as a cloak , and hardly hides , a gown ...
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... return home were , it is to be feared , realized , and the disposition of some of his presents was the occasion after his death of a bloody war between two native tribes . Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And THE SOFA . 29.
... return home were , it is to be feared , realized , and the disposition of some of his presents was the occasion after his death of a bloody war between two native tribes . Thy cocoas and bananas , palms and yams , And THE SOFA . 29.
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... death On petty robbers , and indulges life And liberty , and oft - times honour too , To peculators of the public gold ; 730 735 740 745 That thieves at home must hang , but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth ...
... death On petty robbers , and indulges life And liberty , and oft - times honour too , To peculators of the public gold ; 730 735 740 745 That thieves at home must hang , but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth ...
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... death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who then that has thee , would not hold thee fast ...
... death , Fall prone ; the pale inhabitants come forth , And happy in their unforeseen release From all the rigours of restraint , enjoy The terrors of the day that sets them free . Who then that has thee , would not hold thee fast ...
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