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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and ...
by William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure' waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all .their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they full Upon...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate, employs sweet sounds, But animated...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits...distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountains, or of hills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...while they fill the mind, Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 4

1811 - 566 pages
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving on the blast, And all their leaves fast fluu'ring, all at once— Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through ihe cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...X T or less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods ; or on the softer voice Oi neighb'rmg fountain; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose prbbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that, with a livelier green, B -trays the secret...
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Poems by William Cowper ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...roar Of distant Hoods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fonntain, or of rills that slip Throngh the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grars, that with a livelier greea Betrays the secret of -their silent conrse. V,inK: inanimate employs...
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