Poems, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1824 |
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Page 5
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
Page 17
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , 2 Delight us ; happy to renounce a while , Not senseless of its charms , what still ...
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , 2 Delight us ; happy to renounce a while , Not senseless of its charms , what still ...
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... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners - victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
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... smiling Victory that moment won , And Chatham heartsick of his country's shame ! They made us many soldiers . Chatham , still Consulting England's happiness at home , Secured it by an unforgiving frown , If any wrong'd her . Wolfe ...
... smiling Victory that moment won , And Chatham heartsick of his country's shame ! They made us many soldiers . Chatham , still Consulting England's happiness at home , Secured it by an unforgiving frown , If any wrong'd her . Wolfe ...
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... smile , Though at their own destruction . She , that asks Her dear five hundred friends , contemns them all , And hates their coming . They ( what can they less ? ) Make just reprisals ; and , with cringe and shrug And bow obsequious ...
... smile , Though at their own destruction . She , that asks Her dear five hundred friends , contemns them all , And hates their coming . They ( what can they less ? ) Make just reprisals ; and , with cringe and shrug And bow obsequious ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast bramble breath call'd cause charge charms CHISWICK death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fall fame fancy fear feed feel flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heaven honour human labour less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian praise press'd proud prove rapture rest riddance rude scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA soft song soon soul sound spare stamp'd sweet sycophant task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth