Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 99
... scene described . - Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . - Another walk . — Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . - Co- lonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . — The ...
... scene described . - Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . - Another walk . — Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . - Co- lonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . — The ...
Page 100
William Cowper. Exordium . - scene sometimes expedient . - A common described ; and the character of Crazy Kate introduced.- Gipsies . - The blessing of civilized life . That state most favourable to virtue . - The South Sea islanders ...
William Cowper. Exordium . - scene sometimes expedient . - A common described ; and the character of Crazy Kate introduced.- Gipsies . - The blessing of civilized life . That state most favourable to virtue . - The South Sea islanders ...
Page 107
... scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , VOL . 2 . с Friendship long continued . Whose arm this twentieth winter I ...
... scenes that soothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still soothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , VOL . 2 . с Friendship long continued . Whose arm this twentieth winter I ...
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... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level ...
... scene . Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned The distant plough slow moving , and beside His labouring team , that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level ...
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... Scenes must be beautiful , which daily viewed Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the ...
... Scenes must be beautiful , which daily viewed Please daily , and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years . Praise justly due to those that I describe . Nor rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the ...
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