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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... their part , We might perceive it was but art ; And that we both intended To sacrifice a little ease ; For all such petty flaws as these Arę made but to be mended . B 8 You knew , Dissembler ! all the while ,. WILLIAM COWPER .
... their part , We might perceive it was but art ; And that we both intended To sacrifice a little ease ; For all such petty flaws as these Arę made but to be mended . B 8 You knew , Dissembler ! all the while ,. WILLIAM COWPER .
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... ease my smart , And hope subsists but to prolong my pain . Oh then , kind Heaven ! be this my latest breath ; Here end my life , or make it worth my care ; Absence from whom we love is worse than death , And frustrate hope severer than ...
... ease my smart , And hope subsists but to prolong my pain . Oh then , kind Heaven ! be this my latest breath ; Here end my life , or make it worth my care ; Absence from whom we love is worse than death , And frustrate hope severer than ...
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... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have On situations , that they never felt , [ dwelt Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have On situations , that they never felt , [ dwelt Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
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... ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. " Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B ...
... ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of theirs is worth them all . A. " Twould thin the ranks of the poetic tribe , To dash the pen through all that you proscribe . B ...
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... ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , [ Grace ? Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What ...
... ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , [ Grace ? Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What ...
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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