Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... eyes ; and the next two years were passed in the house of an eminent oculist , where he was so far cured that he was able at ten years old to be sent to Westminster School . At fourteen he had an attack of the small - pox , which he ...
... eyes ; and the next two years were passed in the house of an eminent oculist , where he was so far cured that he was able at ten years old to be sent to Westminster School . At fourteen he had an attack of the small - pox , which he ...
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William Cowper. That brings the planets home into the eye Of observation , and discovers , else Not visible , his family of worlds , Discover Him that rules them ; such a veil Hangs over mortal eyes , blind from the birth , And dark in ...
William Cowper. That brings the planets home into the eye Of observation , and discovers , else Not visible , his family of worlds , Discover Him that rules them ; such a veil Hangs over mortal eyes , blind from the birth , And dark in ...
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William Cowper. And he , by means in philosophic eyes Trivial and worthy of disdain , achieves The wonder ... eye , And smiling say - My Father made them all ! Are they not his by a peculiar right , And by an emphasis of int'rest his ...
William Cowper. And he , by means in philosophic eyes Trivial and worthy of disdain , achieves The wonder ... eye , And smiling say - My Father made them all ! Are they not his by a peculiar right , And by an emphasis of int'rest his ...
Contents
On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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