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198 The Winter Nosegay 199 Mutual Forbearance necessary to the Married State 200 The Negro's Complaint 202 Pity for Poor Africans 204 Morning Dream 205 Nightingale and Glow - worm 207 On a Goldfinch , starved to Death in bis Cage .
198 The Winter Nosegay 199 Mutual Forbearance necessary to the Married State 200 The Negro's Complaint 202 Pity for Poor Africans 204 Morning Dream 205 Nightingale and Glow - worm 207 On a Goldfinch , starved to Death in bis Cage .
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... Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free .
... Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free .
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Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou standest at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplexed ...
Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou standest at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplexed ...
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The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grasshopper must chirp below : Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread little wings , and rather skip than fly : Perched on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or ...
The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grasshopper must chirp below : Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread little wings , and rather skip than fly : Perched on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or ...
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Have you no touch of pity , that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door ? Or if yourself , too scantily supplied , Need help , let honest industry provide . Earn , if you want ; if you abound , impart : These both are ...
Have you no touch of pity , that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door ? Or if yourself , too scantily supplied , Need help , let honest industry provide . Earn , if you want ; if you abound , impart : These both are ...
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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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