Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. Vol. I-II.J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1800. T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Faft lock'd in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone infpire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature moft fincere , And ...
... Faft lock'd in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone infpire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature moft fincere , And ...
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... faft rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That fcreen the herdfman's folitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the ftream That , as with molten glafs , inlays the vale , The floping land recedes ...
... faft rooted in their bank , Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That fcreen the herdfman's folitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the ftream That , as with molten glafs , inlays the vale , The floping land recedes ...
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... faft anchor'd ifle Mov'd not , while their's was rock'd , like a light fkiff , The sport of ev'ry wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath ...
... faft anchor'd ifle Mov'd not , while their's was rock'd , like a light fkiff , The sport of ev'ry wave ? No : none are clear , And none than we more guilty . But , where all Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath ...
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... faft , And force them fit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with fuch art , That each may find its moft propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs Than by the ...
... faft , And force them fit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with fuch art , That each may find its moft propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs Than by the ...
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... faft wedg'd between Two empirics he ftands , and with fwoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ of report He hails the clergy ; and , defying ...
... faft wedg'd between Two empirics he ftands , and with fwoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public organ of report He hails the clergy ; and , defying ...
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