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His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportioned well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence liberty , sweet liberty ! inspires , And keeps alive his ...
His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportioned well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence liberty , sweet liberty ! inspires , And keeps alive his ...
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The mind attains beneath her happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening , and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no ...
The mind attains beneath her happy reign The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening , and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no ...
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... a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel ; If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line .
... a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel ; If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every feeling line .
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Give me the line , that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in ...
Give me the line , that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes the heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in ...
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Surly and slovenly , and bold and coarse , Too proud for art , and trusting in mere force , Spendthrift alike of money , and of wit , Always at speed , and never drawing bit , He struck the lyre in such a careless mood , And so ...
Surly and slovenly , and bold and coarse , Too proud for art , and trusting in mere force , Spendthrift alike of money , and of wit , Always at speed , and never drawing bit , He struck the lyre in such a careless mood , And so ...
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| Title | Poems, Volume 1 Poems, William Cowper Poems. by William Cowper. With the life of the author by T. Greatheed, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | W. Wilson, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2006 |
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