Poems by William Cowper ...Published at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 |
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... the distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content 50 With base materials , sat on well - tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and 8 THE TASK .
... the distant floor . These for the rich ; the rest , whom Fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content 50 With base materials , sat on well - tann'd hides , Obdurate and unyielding , glassy smooth , With here and 8 THE TASK .
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... rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most ...
... rest , To which he forfeits e'en the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most ...
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... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can ...
... rest , and with most cause , Thee , gentle savage ! * whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can ...
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... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eyet To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite ...
... rest . Is it a time to wrangle , when the props And pillars of our planet seem to fail , And Nature with a dim and sickly eyet To wait the close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite ...
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... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , 135 And pregnant with discoveries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars , and feats 140 Of heroes little known ; and call the rant A history describe the man , of whom His own coevals ...
... rest are sober dreamers , grave and wise , 135 And pregnant with discoveries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars , and feats 140 Of heroes little known ; and call the rant A history describe the man , of whom His own coevals ...
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