The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... perhaps a well directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
... perhaps a well directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Liberal in all things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's ...
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... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke- An art ...
... Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke- An art ...
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... Perhaps some courser , who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career , indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury ...
... Perhaps some courser , who disdains the road , Snuffs up the wind and flings himself abroad . Contemporaries all surpass'd , see one ; Short his career , indeed , but ably run ; Churchill , himself unconscious of his powers , In penury ...
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... peace make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse Of sabbath 48 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR ,
... peace make harmony more meet For sabbath evenings , and perhaps as sweet . Will not the sickliest sheep of every flock Resort to this example as a rock ; There stand , and justify the foul abuse Of sabbath 48 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR ,
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... perhaps your appetite should fail ! And , if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
... perhaps your appetite should fail ! And , if he but suspects a frown , turns pale ; Consults all day your interest and your ease , Richly rewarded if he can but please ; And , proud to make his firm attachment known , To save your life ...
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beams beneath bids blasphemy bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Chiswick courser Cowper dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Eartham Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy heart Heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature never night o'er Olney once Parnassian pass'd peace pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wisdom zeal