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... once . So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , 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 ...
... once . So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , 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 ...
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... once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length ...
... once . Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods , or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain , or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock , and , chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles , lose themselves at length ...
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... Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : " Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen , Peeps ...
... Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : " Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen , Peeps ...
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... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
... once into a cooler clime . Ye fallen avenues ! once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re ...
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... a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragg'd into the crowded room Between supporters ; and , once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers BOOK I. 15 THE SOFA .
... a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragg'd into the crowded room Between supporters ; and , once seated , sit , Through downright inability to rise , Till the stout bearers BOOK I. 15 THE SOFA .
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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