The Poetical Works of William CowperT. Nelson & Sons, 1852 - 775 pages |
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... never felt , [ dwelt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly ...
... never felt , [ dwelt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly ...
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... never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed not tamely to be borne Fire indignation and a sense of scorn ...
... never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line . But if a deed not tamely to be borne Fire indignation and a sense of scorn ...
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... never drawing bit , He struck the lyre in such a careless mood , And so disdain'd the rules he understood , The laurel seem'd to wait on his command ; He snatch'd it rudely from the muses ' hand . Nature , exerting an unwearied power ...
... never drawing bit , He struck the lyre in such a careless mood , And so disdain'd the rules he understood , The laurel seem'd to wait on his command ; He snatch'd it rudely from the muses ' hand . Nature , exerting an unwearied power ...
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... never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend , Can trace her mazy windings to their end ...
... never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend , Can trace her mazy windings to their end ...
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... never read , But being canker'd now and half worn out , Craze antiquarian brains with endless doubt ; Some headless hero , or some Cæsar shows-- Defective only in his Roman nose ; Exhibits elevations , drawings , plans , Models of ...
... never read , But being canker'd now and half worn out , Craze antiquarian brains with endless doubt ; Some headless hero , or some Cæsar shows-- Defective only in his Roman nose ; Exhibits elevations , drawings , plans , Models of ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms delight design'd divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fix'd flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once palmistry Parnassian pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought three hares toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue voice waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth