The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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Page 40
... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er He treads ? — She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . The hills move lightly ...
... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er He treads ? — She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . The hills move lightly ...
Page 44
... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's * groves 210 * Ausonia , the country of the Ausones , a people descended from Auson , a son of Ulysses and Calypso , but here and else- where used as a synonyme for Italy ...
... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's * groves 210 * Ausonia , the country of the Ausones , a people descended from Auson , a son of Ulysses and Calypso , but here and else- where used as a synonyme for Italy ...
Page 66
... flower seeds . The country preferable to the town even in the winter . Reasons why it is deserted at that season . Ruinous effects of gaming , and of expensive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TASK ...
... flower seeds . The country preferable to the town even in the winter . Reasons why it is deserted at that season . Ruinous effects of gaming , and of expensive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TASK ...
Page 75
... flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him , ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all ...
... flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him , ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all ...
Page 84
... flowers , Blown on the summit of the apparent fruit . These have their sexes ; and when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal 540 From flower to flower , and even the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
... flowers , Blown on the summit of the apparent fruit . These have their sexes ; and when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal 540 From flower to flower , and even the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
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