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... peace , but not to me ! How ill the scene that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quiv'ring to the breeze , Might sooth a soul less hurt than mine , And please , if ...
... peace , but not to me ! How ill the scene that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quiv'ring to the breeze , Might sooth a soul less hurt than mine , And please , if ...
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... peace of mind , such as it is that I enjoy , I subsist , as the poor are vulgarly said to do , from hand to 45 mouth ; and , of a Christian , such as you once knew me , am , by a strange transformation , become an Epicurean philosopher ...
... peace of mind , such as it is that I enjoy , I subsist , as the poor are vulgarly said to do , from hand to 45 mouth ; and , of a Christian , such as you once knew me , am , by a strange transformation , become an Epicurean philosopher ...
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... peace . ' Bless yourself , my dear Catharina , that you are not connected with a poet , especially that you have not two to deal with ; ladies who have , may be bidden indeed to hold 20 their peace , but very little peace have they ...
... peace . ' Bless yourself , my dear Catharina , that you are not connected with a poet , especially that you have not two to deal with ; ladies who have , may be bidden indeed to hold 20 their peace , but very little peace have they ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
COWPERS LIFE | 38 |
The Diverting History of John Gilpin | 65 |
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