Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1795 |
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... neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly bones , And binds the fhoulders flat . We prove its ufe Sov'reign and moft effectual to fecure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , BOOK II . 75 THE TIME - PIECE .
... neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly bones , And binds the fhoulders flat . We prove its ufe Sov'reign and moft effectual to fecure A form , not now gymnastic as of yore , BOOK II . 75 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... prove So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , moft of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but it fleeps While thoughtful man is plaufibly amus'd . Defend ...
... prove So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , moft of all deceiv'd . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but it fleeps While thoughtful man is plaufibly amus'd . Defend ...
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... prove now if it be not blood Congenial with thine own : and , if it be , What edge of fubtlety canft thou suppose Keen enough , wife and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One H 3 BOOK III . ΤΟΙ THE GARDEN .
... prove now if it be not blood Congenial with thine own : and , if it be , What edge of fubtlety canft thou suppose Keen enough , wife and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One H 3 BOOK III . ΤΟΙ THE GARDEN .
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... proving still A faithful barrier , not o'erleap'd with ease By vicious custom , raging uncontroll'd Abroad , and defolating public life . When fierce temptation , feconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts Temper'd in ...
... proving still A faithful barrier , not o'erleap'd with ease By vicious custom , raging uncontroll'd Abroad , and defolating public life . When fierce temptation , feconded within By traitor appetite , and arm'd with darts Temper'd in ...
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... prove a trumpet , fummoning your ear To horrid founds of hoftile feet within . Ev'n day - light has its dangers ; and the walk Through pathlefs wastes and woods , unconfcious once Of other tenants than melodious birds , Or harmless ...
... prove a trumpet , fummoning your ear To horrid founds of hoftile feet within . Ev'n day - light has its dangers ; and the walk Through pathlefs wastes and woods , unconfcious once Of other tenants than melodious birds , Or harmless ...
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Страница 229 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
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Страница 137 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Страница 217 - And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all.
Страница 233 - I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade.