The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper,esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to ...
... beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to ...
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... 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 base fear impedes her in ...
... 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 base fear impedes her in ...
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... beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of Nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
... beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of Nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
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... beneath them , and Heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love .. To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from ...
... beneath them , and Heaven roars above ; But nothing scares them from the course they love .. To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from ...
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... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at ...
... beneath the specious lure , Prevent the danger or prescribe the cure . The clear harangue , and cold as it is clear , Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhetoric they display Shines as it runs , but grasp'd at ...
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ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth