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" I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet. "
Poems - Page 189
by William Cowper - 1818
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant...tedious day, Or shine the dulness of still life away j 1 Divine communion, carefully enjoyed, Or sought with energy, must fill the void. Oh sacred art,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...praise the Frenchman,* his remark was How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude 1 But grant rae stHl a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— -solitude...Can save us always from a tedious day, Or shine the dalness of still life away ; Divine communion, carefully enjoyM, Or sought with energy, must fill the...
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The Philosophy of Nature; Or, The Influence of Scenery on the Mind ..., Volume 2

Charles Bucke - Nature - 1813 - 352 pages
...NOTE 8, PAGE 32. Cowper has versified this idea. I praise the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd, How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me...my retreat, Whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet. — " La solitude est vcritableincnt unc belle chose; mais il j aurnit plaisir d'avoir un ami fait...
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Poems by William Cowper ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...•?••"=" •^">"ra"i ' naste t iieart, W^§&*, tes&Jgrff? ^^'^"^ch 'Jj'Tnving :'e• Ernfere. Bnt grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitnde IB sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor anght heside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide,...
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Table Talk, and Other Poems

William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 234 pages
...Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me...That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save ns always from a tedious day, Or shine the dulness of still life away ; Divine communion, carefully...
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Table Talk, and Other Poems

William Cowper - Poetry - 1818 - 196 pages
...shrewd — ^ How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! f But grant me still a friend in my retreat, I Whom I may whisper — Solitude is sweet. Yet neither...aught beside, That appetite can ask or wealth provide, •Bruyerei Can save us always from a tedious day, Or shine the dulness of still life away ; Divine...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—- How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper—solitude is sweet, » Bruyere. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,— How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant...dulness of still life away; Divine communion, carefully enjoyed, Or sought with energy, must fill the void. Oh ! sacred art, to which alone life owes Its happiest...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman *, his remark was shrewd How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me...Can save us always from a tedious day, Or shine the dullness of still life away ; * Brnyerr. Divine communion, carefully enjoyed, Or sought with energy,...
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The Brighton magazine, Volume 2

English essays - 1822 - 468 pages
...Amicitia, , cap. vi. I praise the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd — • How sweet, how charming sweet, is solitude!' But grant me still a friend in...retreat, Whom I may whisper — ' Solitude is sweet.' — COWPER. bosom! As the Latin poet to his favourite fountain, so say I to thee : — Longis vmrum...
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