Poems by William Cowper ...Published at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 |
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الصفحة 30
... Fancy has sported all her pow'rs away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . " Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire , 725 730 ...
... Fancy has sported all her pow'rs away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . " Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire , 725 730 ...
الصفحة 31
... fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetick tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . 765 B. No matter we ...
... fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ranks of the poetick tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . 765 B. No matter we ...
الصفحة 32
... fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend , Can trace her mazy windings to their end ; Discern the fraud beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure ...
... fancy fills , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend , Can trace her mazy windings to their end ; Discern the fraud beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger , or prescribe the cure ...
الصفحة 40
... Fancy leads ; Ye novelists , who mar what ye would mend , Sniv❜ling and driv'ling folly without end ; Whose corresponding misses fill the ream With sentimental frippery and dream , Caught in a delicate soft silken net 310 By some lewd ...
... Fancy leads ; Ye novelists , who mar what ye would mend , Sniv❜ling and driv'ling folly without end ; Whose corresponding misses fill the ream With sentimental frippery and dream , Caught in a delicate soft silken net 310 By some lewd ...
الصفحة 44
... fancy's influence , and intemperate zeal ; But above all , ( or let the wretch refrain , Nor touch the page he cannot but profane , ) Free from the domineering power of lust ; A lewd interpreter is never just . 455 How shall I speak ...
... fancy's influence , and intemperate zeal ; But above all , ( or let the wretch refrain , Nor touch the page he cannot but profane , ) Free from the domineering power of lust ; A lewd interpreter is never just . 455 How shall I speak ...
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