Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud The occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
... seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud The occasion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing sumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our sires had none . As ...
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... seek The middle field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of it's charge , The wain that meets it passes ...
... seek The middle field ; but scatter'd by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of it's charge , The wain that meets it passes ...
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... seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of it's charms , what still we love , That such short absence ...
... seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of it's charms , what still we love , That such short absence ...
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... seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! be grooms and win the plate , 280 Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! -- ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon ...
... seek , And show the shame , ye might conceal at home , In foreign eyes ! be grooms and win the plate , 280 Where once your nobler fathers won a crown ! -- ' Tis gen'rous to communicate your skill To those that need it . Folly is soon ...
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... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and instead of ...
... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and instead of ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream Earth ease Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel Fleet Street flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour hope human labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps plac'd pleas'd pleasure plebeian pow'r praise proud prove quake rapture rest riddance rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine sight skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth