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... distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth . With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn ...
... distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had placed In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat on well tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth . With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn ...
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... distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts ...
... distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Conducts ...
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... distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green ...
... distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length In matted grass , that with a livelier green ...
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... distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate .. Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bowers ...
... distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate .. Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And long protracted bowers ...
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... trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the wood THE SOFA . 13.
... trees of every growth , Alike , yet various . Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash , or lime , or beech distinctly shine Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There , lost behind a rising ground , the wood THE SOFA . 13.
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth