Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 99
... school - boy's ramble . A walk in the country . 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 ...
... school - boy's ramble . A walk in the country . 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 ...
Page 105
... yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet , Compared with the repose the sofa yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obscene ) A School - boy's Ramble . From pangs arthritic , THE SOFA . 7.
... yet the dozings of the clerk , are sweet , Compared with the repose the sofa yields . Oh may I live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obscene ) A School - boy's Ramble . From pangs arthritic , THE SOFA . 7.
Page 106
William Cowper. A School - boy's Ramble . From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The SOFA suits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : For I have loved the rural ...
William Cowper. A School - boy's Ramble . From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The SOFA suits The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb , Though on a SOFA , may I never feel : For I have loved the rural ...
Page 131
... school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , whole ; Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances ...
... school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , whole ; Mean self - attachment , and scarce aught beside . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances ...
Page 158
... school , Spent all his force and made no proselyte ) — I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar powers ) Must stand acknowledg'd while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ...
... school , Spent all his force and made no proselyte ) — I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar powers ) Must stand acknowledg'd while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ...
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