Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... smiling , in a chaise and one . so But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
... smiling , in a chaise and one . so But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserv'd for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain perfection in this ...
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... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
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... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
الصفحة 28
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , 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 ...
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , 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 ...
الصفحة 34
... 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 , plac'd 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 , plac'd remote From all , that science traces , art invents , Or ...
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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