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... never better pleased Than when employ'd to ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
... never better pleased Than when employ'd to ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So ...
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... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
... never feel : For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropp'd by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by ...
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... never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its ...
... never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its ...
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... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate .. Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And ...
... never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd , but worthy of a better fate .. Our fathers knew the value of a screen From sultry suns : and , in their shaded walks And ...
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... far lovelier . I admire , None more admires , the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls ; But imitative THE SOFA . 17.
... far lovelier . I admire , None more admires , the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I shall never see , Conveys a distant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls ; But imitative THE SOFA . 17.
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth