Cowper's Text: A PoemW. and J. Eddowes, 1827 - 70 pages |
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... Soft , ' twas the sofa - fair , ' twas from the fair , But , if sublime , sublime as Cowper's Task : And ' tis sublime - sofas were not for thee , And the mere name took a repulsive power , And urg'd thee thro ' the fields of earth and ...
... Soft , ' twas the sofa - fair , ' twas from the fair , But , if sublime , sublime as Cowper's Task : And ' tis sublime - sofas were not for thee , And the mere name took a repulsive power , And urg'd thee thro ' the fields of earth and ...
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... soft thought , And blesses parents he had little known : Rough had the night been and the morning sharp , But now the noon - day blue without a speck Fosters the poet on the southern side Of the slant hills , that graduate oak and elm ...
... soft thought , And blesses parents he had little known : Rough had the night been and the morning sharp , But now the noon - day blue without a speck Fosters the poet on the southern side Of the slant hills , that graduate oak and elm ...
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... soft , or hard , All barren in proportion to the toil , Yet with its own excesses ill - content , For it allied itself with warring kings And justified its pupils , as they pour'd Their desolating fury o'er the earth , And sought old ...
... soft , or hard , All barren in proportion to the toil , Yet with its own excesses ill - content , For it allied itself with warring kings And justified its pupils , as they pour'd Their desolating fury o'er the earth , And sought old ...
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... soft sympathy to watch and wait Sobriety in other hearts and eyes Till our communion should be kin to thine : ' Tis not to understand the word farewell : ' Tis to conceive one of two kingdoms poor Without the other - kingdoms earth and ...
... soft sympathy to watch and wait Sobriety in other hearts and eyes Till our communion should be kin to thine : ' Tis not to understand the word farewell : ' Tis to conceive one of two kingdoms poor Without the other - kingdoms earth and ...
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... soft , " Hadst thou been here , my brother had not died : " Oh this dread wilderness ! yet mid its gloom , Its flow'ry gloom , its struggle , and its strife , Its hissing tempest and its fretful caw , And all its wasteful boundlessness ...
... soft , " Hadst thou been here , my brother had not died : " Oh this dread wilderness ! yet mid its gloom , Its flow'ry gloom , its struggle , and its strife , Its hissing tempest and its fretful caw , And all its wasteful boundlessness ...
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author's best regards bard barouche beamy bless'd blessing boasted breathe bright Briton call'd Cestrian charm charm'd claim claim'd condens'd COWPER'S crucible Dear death diff'rent Doric e'en e'er Edinburgh eloquence emense encreas'd Eugenius ev'ry false pretence fasces fast father feast fix'd flow'r fruit garden gen❜ral gentle giv'n glory grace grave hadst thou hallow'd Haply harmony heart heav'n and earth heav'nly honours Hosanna innocence JAMES MASON kingdom light Liverpool lord marr'd merg'd mighty theme mod'rate moral ne'er nectar o'er Olney pard'ning peace Plato playful poet poetry and truth Porsonian pow'r prepar'd prevail'd Proserpine prov'd pure spirit rais'd realms reconcil'd robe Rome scene scholar's seal'd Seem'd Shrewsbury smile social sense storm strong stye surt sympathy tears thee thine thou hadst Thou wast thro throne Thurlow Thyself toil tow'r town Tusculum Twas two-fold verse welcom'd whate'er woes wounds Yorick
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Page 1 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Page 61 - The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all; I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again.
Page 6 - Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves.