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This friendship brought to light that esteemed collection of hymns , called Olney Hymns , ' as a monument of their congenial piety and joint labours . In February 1770 , Cowper's fraternal feelings received another shock , by a summon ...
This friendship brought to light that esteemed collection of hymns , called Olney Hymns , ' as a monument of their congenial piety and joint labours . In February 1770 , Cowper's fraternal feelings received another shock , by a summon ...
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This friendship brought to light that esteemed collection of hymns , called “ Olney Hymns , as a monument of their congenial piety and joint labours . In February 1770 , Cowper's fraternal feelings received another shock , by a summon ...
This friendship brought to light that esteemed collection of hymns , called “ Olney Hymns , as a monument of their congenial piety and joint labours . In February 1770 , Cowper's fraternal feelings received another shock , by a summon ...
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B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the ...
B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was graced with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the ...
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... That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine !
... That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine !
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Ye clergy , while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world , and stars of human race ; But if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous , and viewed with fear . D The comet's baneful influence is a dream ; Your's real ...
Ye clergy , while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world , and stars of human race ; But if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous , and viewed with fear . D The comet's baneful influence is a dream ; Your's real ...
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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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