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Side xxxiv
... stand , it pre- sently becomes as stale as ditch puddle . The bio- graphy of England , as it may be called , from the couplet , " Now borne upon the wings of truth sublime , Review thy dim original and prime , " onward to the line ...
... stand , it pre- sently becomes as stale as ditch puddle . The bio- graphy of England , as it may be called , from the couplet , " Now borne upon the wings of truth sublime , Review thy dim original and prime , " onward to the line ...
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... stand , Built by no mercenary , vulgar hand , With fragrant turf , and flowers as wild and fair As ever dressed a bank , or scented summer air . Duly , as ever on the mountain's height The peep of Morning shed a dawning light ; Again ...
... stand , Built by no mercenary , vulgar hand , With fragrant turf , and flowers as wild and fair As ever dressed a bank , or scented summer air . Duly , as ever on the mountain's height The peep of Morning shed a dawning light ; Again ...
Side xliv
... stand in the Author's way . OCCASIONAL VERSES are often the most indif- ferent compositions of great poets . Cowper had a peculiar talent for these ; a playful fancy , as well as a certain recondite ingenuity of thought , unexpec- tedly ...
... stand in the Author's way . OCCASIONAL VERSES are often the most indif- ferent compositions of great poets . Cowper had a peculiar talent for these ; a playful fancy , as well as a certain recondite ingenuity of thought , unexpec- tedly ...
Side lix
... stand still , in imagina- tion , to hearken to the bells , look out before him for the church , and perceive , through his inmost spirit , " The soothing influence of the wafted strains ? " -The poet began this Book with the sympathy of ...
... stand still , in imagina- tion , to hearken to the bells , look out before him for the church , and perceive , through his inmost spirit , " The soothing influence of the wafted strains ? " -The poet began this Book with the sympathy of ...
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... like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could 70 TABLE TALK .
... like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could 70 TABLE TALK .
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper death deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps PINE-APPLE pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought thousand toil tongue touch trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth