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... wind , scarce conscious that it blew , While Admiration , feeding at the eye , And still unsated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team ...
... wind , scarce conscious that it blew , While Admiration , feeding at the eye , And still unsated , dwelt upon the scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discern'd The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team ...
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... winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast , And ...
... winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast , And ...
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... . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ; while beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light BOOK I. 11 THE SOFA .
... . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ; while beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light BOOK I. 11 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dancès as they dance ... Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes ...
William Cowper. Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dancès as they dance ... Winds from all quarters agitate the air , And fit the limpid element for use , Else noxious : oceans , rivers , lakes ...
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... wind blows wide Their fluttering rags , and shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless dross into its place ...
... wind blows wide Their fluttering rags , and shows a tawny skin , The vellum of the pedigree they claim . Great skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless dross into its place ...
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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