Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page 29
William Cowper. Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his ...
William Cowper. Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his ...
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... lost In all , that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry ...
... lost In all , that wars against that title most , What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and ancient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry ...
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... lost their way ; And being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task To tell them more than they have wit to ask : Points to inscriptions wheresoever they tread ...
... lost their way ; And being always primed with politesse For men of their appearance and address , With much compassion undertakes the task To tell them more than they have wit to ask : Points to inscriptions wheresoever they tread ...
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... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all her canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for it , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes ...
... lost , Sees , far as human optics may command , A sleeping fog , and fancies it dry land : Spreads all her canvass , every sinew plies ; Pants for it , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes ...
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... lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober , in whose cooler brains Some ...
... lost . Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) Incredible , impossible , and vain ! Rebel , because ' tis easy to obey ; And scorn , for its own sake , the gracious way . These are the sober , in whose cooler brains Some ...
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