Cowper's Text: A PoemW. and J. Eddowes, 1827 - 70 pages |
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... town , But from that dwelling - place could walk with thee , A kindred guardian of a mind that claim'd A kindred guardian in a still small voice : And ye would walk together , save when clouds Were harsh upon this weather - house , our ...
... town , But from that dwelling - place could walk with thee , A kindred guardian of a mind that claim'd A kindred guardian in a still small voice : And ye would walk together , save when clouds Were harsh upon this weather - house , our ...
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... town , the outlaw and the craz'd , Op❜nedst thy second book , with pealing time : Oh ! what a sadd'ning yet tremendous pow'r Thy first touch gives that time - piece ! what a tone Claims for the sable slave the common God . The 3.
... town , the outlaw and the craz'd , Op❜nedst thy second book , with pealing time : Oh ! what a sadd'ning yet tremendous pow'r Thy first touch gives that time - piece ! what a tone Claims for the sable slave the common God . The 3.
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... town , And ever subject to the hundredth psalm When Sunday evening and three gallant boys Demand such minstrelsy ... towns K How diff'rent in pursuit , but rev'rend both , Salop 65.
... town , And ever subject to the hundredth psalm When Sunday evening and three gallant boys Demand such minstrelsy ... towns K How diff'rent in pursuit , but rev'rend both , Salop 65.
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... finest spirit in a noble room , Friend , judge , and host , though rheumatism afflicts , He shares his honours , as he gave his skill ; Nor Edinburgh , from my native town A finish'd , valu'd picture has withheld : Music gave 67.
... finest spirit in a noble room , Friend , judge , and host , though rheumatism afflicts , He shares his honours , as he gave his skill ; Nor Edinburgh , from my native town A finish'd , valu'd picture has withheld : Music gave 67.
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... town and traveller for his own , Dear for his social influence , blessing me With retrospection full of tears and love , On Severn's bank his just memorial rears That from its wooded eminence outpours O'er richest vale its allegoric ...
... town and traveller for his own , Dear for his social influence , blessing me With retrospection full of tears and love , On Severn's bank his just memorial rears That from its wooded eminence outpours O'er richest vale its allegoric ...
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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.