Poems by William Cowper ...Published at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 |
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... vain to find 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 .
... vain to find 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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... But animated nature sweeter still , 195 To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one 200 The livelong night ; nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But 12 THE TASK .
... But animated nature sweeter still , 195 To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one 200 The livelong night ; nor these alone , whose notes Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But 12 THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still ... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids ...
William Cowper. Nice - finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing rooks , and kites that swim sublime In still ... Vain thought ! the dweller in that still retreat Dearly obtains the refuge it affords . Its elevated site forbids ...
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... vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and ...
... vain glory , prompted us to draw 635 Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superiour skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and ...
الصفحة 32
... vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and , upwrought To an enormous and o'erbearing ...
... vain . The sylvan scene Migrates uplifted and , with all its soil Alighting in far distant fields , finds out A new possessor , and survives the change . Ocean has caught the frenzy , and , upwrought To an enormous and o'erbearing ...
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beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charms death delight design'd dicebox distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel fieldfare flow'r folly form'd fruit give glory grace grave Guelder Rose hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour human Ishmae John Throckmorton king labour learn'd less liberty liv'd live lost lyre magick man-The mind mounted best musick Nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures plebeian polish'd pow'r praise proud prove publick rest sacred scene schools seek seem'd sensual World shine skies sleep smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas vex'd virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wisely store worth youth