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twere wiser far For me , enamour'd of fequefter'd scenes , And charm'd with rural
beauty , to repose Where chance may throw me , beneath elm or vine , My
languid limbs when summer fears the plains , Or when rough winter rages , on
the foft ...
twere wiser far For me , enamour'd of fequefter'd scenes , And charm'd with rural
beauty , to repose Where chance may throw me , beneath elm or vine , My
languid limbs when summer fears the plains , Or when rough winter rages , on
the foft ...
Page 80
But foolish man foregoes his Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though
placed in paradise ( for earth has still Some traces of her youthful beauty left )
Substantial happiness for transient joy . Scenes form'd for contemplation , and to
nurse ...
But foolish man foregoes his Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though
placed in paradise ( for earth has still Some traces of her youthful beauty left )
Substantial happiness for transient joy . Scenes form'd for contemplation , and to
nurse ...
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... A nobler show ! while Roscius trod the stage ; And so , while Garrick , as
renown'd as he , The sons of Albion ; fearing each to lose Some note of Nature's
music from his lips , And covetous of Shakespeare's beauty , feen In ev'ry flash of
his ...
... A nobler show ! while Roscius trod the stage ; And so , while Garrick , as
renown'd as he , The sons of Albion ; fearing each to lose Some note of Nature's
music from his lips , And covetous of Shakespeare's beauty , feen In ev'ry flash of
his ...
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Uninjur'd , but expect th ' upholding aid Of the smooth - shaven prop , and neatly
tied , Are wedded thus like beauty to old age , For int'rest fake , the living to the
dead . Some cloath the foil that feeds them , far diffus'd And lowly creeping ...
Uninjur'd , but expect th ' upholding aid Of the smooth - shaven prop , and neatly
tied , Are wedded thus like beauty to old age , For int'rest fake , the living to the
dead . Some cloath the foil that feeds them , far diffus'd And lowly creeping ...
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TIROCINIU M. It is not from his form , in which we trace Strength join'd with beauty
, dignity with grace , That man , the master of this globe , derives His right of
empire over all that lives , That form indeed , th ' affociate of a mind Vaft in its pow'
rs ...
TIROCINIU M. It is not from his form , in which we trace Strength join'd with beauty
, dignity with grace , That man , the master of this globe , derives His right of
empire over all that lives , That form indeed , th ' affociate of a mind Vaft in its pow'
rs ...
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| Title | Poems, Volume 2 Poems, William Cowper Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | John Jones, 1790 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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