The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; * The Task was begun to be written in the summer , pro- bably near the Midsummer , of 1783 ; it was finished , revised , and transcribed ...
... hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; * The Task was begun to be written in the summer , pro- bably near the Midsummer , of 1783 ; it was finished , revised , and transcribed ...
Page 10
... hand in hand , and sitting on one throne . Smelling at one nosegay , which is also popu- larly reckoned among their attributes , was probably part of the action of the play , but is not mentioned in the printed book ; this was pointed ...
... hand in hand , and sitting on one throne . Smelling at one nosegay , which is also popu- larly reckoned among their attributes , was probably part of the action of the play , but is not mentioned in the printed book ; this was pointed ...
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... hand . Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ; But Nature's works far lovelier . I admire , None more admires , the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws ...
... hand . Lovely indeed the mimic works of Art ; But Nature's works far lovelier . I admire , None more admires , the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws ...
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... hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences , and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragged into the crowded room Between supporters ...
... hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences , and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragged into the crowded room Between supporters ...
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... hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails ...
... hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset with thorns , And terrible to sight , as when she springs , ( If e'er she spring spontaneous ) in remote And barbarous climes , where violence prevails ...
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