Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page i
... face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . A NEW EDITION , WITH HEAD AND TAIL - PIECES , Designed by THURSTON ; and Engraved ly Nesbit , Clennel , and Branston . LONDON ...
... face ; The sportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now strikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . A NEW EDITION , WITH HEAD AND TAIL - PIECES , Designed by THURSTON ; and Engraved ly Nesbit , Clennel , and Branston . LONDON ...
Page viii
... or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the remembrance of what we once were , before we can believe , that a man is satisfied with himself , merely because he en- deavours to appear so . A smile upon the face viii PREFACE .
... or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the remembrance of what we once were , before we can believe , that a man is satisfied with himself , merely because he en- deavours to appear so . A smile upon the face viii PREFACE .
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William Cowper. deavours to appear so . A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people ...
William Cowper. deavours to appear so . A smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people ...
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... face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If guards , mechanically formed in ranks ...
... face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If guards , mechanically formed in ranks ...
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... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was - de- stroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy ; Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was - de- stroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy ; Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
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