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... close , or needlework sublime . There might you see the piony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the ...
... close , or needlework sublime . There might you see the piony spread wide , The full - blown rose , the shepherd and his lass , Lapdog and lambkin with black staring eyes , And parrots with twin cherries in their beak . Now came the ...
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... Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain ...
... Close pack'd , and smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To attain ...
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... 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 rivers ' brink , E'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds , To enjoy a ...
... 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 rivers ' brink , E'er since a truant boy I pass'd my bounds , To enjoy a ...
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... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen , Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the ' peasant's nest ...
... close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen , Peeps at the vale below ; so thick beset With foliage of such dark redundant growth , I call'd the low - roof'd lodge the ' peasant's nest ...
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... close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite , unaccomplish'd yet ; Still they are frowning signals , and bespeak Alluding to the calamities in Jamaica . August 18 , 1783 . Alluding to the ...
... close of all ? But grant her end More distant , and that prophecy demands A longer respite , unaccomplish'd yet ; Still they are frowning signals , and bespeak Alluding to the calamities in Jamaica . August 18 , 1783 . Alluding to the ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human labour less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps PINEAPPLE pity pleasure praise press'd prize proud rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile smooth soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare spleen stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth