The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . A- nother walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . necessity and the ...
... scene described . Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . A- nother walk . Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . Colonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . necessity and the ...
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... scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter * I perceive 145 * In this charming ...
... scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter * I perceive 145 * In this charming ...
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... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow - moving , and beside His labouring team that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow - winding through a ...
... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow - moving , and beside His labouring team that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow - winding through a ...
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... Scenes must be beautiful which , daily viewed , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . 175 180 185 Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds ...
... Scenes must be beautiful which , daily viewed , Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . 175 180 185 Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds ...
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... scenes where 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 ...
... scenes where 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 ...
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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