The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought 210 Devised the Weatherhouse , * that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
... peace for ever reigns , And only there , please highly for their sake . Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought 210 Devised the Weatherhouse , * that useful toy ! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains , Forth steps the man - an ...
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... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
... peaceful covert mine . Here , I have said , at least I should possess The poet's treasure , silence , and indulge The dreams of fancy , tranquil and secure . Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it ...
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... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow . Prodigies enumerated . Si- cilian earthquakes . Man rendered obnoxious to these cala- mities by sin . God the agent in them . The philosophy that ...
... Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow . Prodigies enumerated . Si- cilian earthquakes . Man rendered obnoxious to these cala- mities by sin . God the agent in them . The philosophy that ...
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... peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements 50 55 60 To preach the general doom . * When were the winds Let slip with such a ...
... peace , and mutual aid , Between the nations , in a world that seems To toll the deathbell of its own decease , And by the voice of all its elements 50 55 60 To preach the general doom . * When were the winds Let slip with such a ...
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... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scattered where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
... peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scattered where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all her streets The voice of singing and the sprightly chord Are silent ...
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