Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... felt no ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part , That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA . ක.
... felt no ease ; The slipp'ry seat betray'd the sliding part , That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate BOOK I. 3 THE SOFA . ක.
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William Cowper. These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate had plac'd 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 ...
William Cowper. These for the rich : the rest , whom Fate had plac'd 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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... no refreshment find , 390 For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of it's bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
... no refreshment find , 390 For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of it's bloom , the flaccid , shrunk , And wither'd muscle , and the vapid soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By it's true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the ...
William Cowper. Reproach their owner with that love of rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By it's true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the ...
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... rest , and with most cause , d Thee , gentle savage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to draw 630 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can ...
... rest , and with most cause , d Thee , gentle savage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to draw 630 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can ...
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