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A. The inestimable estimate of Brown Rose like a paper - kite , and charmed the town ; But measures , planned and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self - same ground you tread ...
A. The inestimable estimate of Brown Rose like a paper - kite , and charmed the town ; But measures , planned and executed well , Shifted the wind that raised it , and it fell . He trod the very self - same ground you tread ...
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While servile trick and imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps some courser who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind , and Alings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpassed , see one ; Short his career ...
While servile trick and imitative knack Confine the million in the beaten track , Perhaps some courser who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind , and Alings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpassed , see one ; Short his career ...
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Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ?
Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ?
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But the muse , eagle - pinioned , has in view A quarry more important still than you ; Down , down the wind she swims , and sails away ; Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! all the muses weep for thee ; But every ...
But the muse , eagle - pinioned , has in view A quarry more important still than you ; Down , down the wind she swims , and sails away ; Now stoops upon it , and now grasps the prey . Petronius ! all the muses weep for thee ; But every ...
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... are sown by every wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide .
... are sown by every wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide .
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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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