Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side xxxiv
... once , and then it is highly exhilarating ; but , suffered to 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 ...
... once , and then it is highly exhilarating ; but , suffered to 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 ...
Side xli
... Once prone on earth , now buoyant upon air , Whose shape would make them , had they bulk and size , More hideous foes than fancy can devise ; With helmet - heads , and dragon - scales adorned , The mighty myriads , now securely scorned ...
... Once prone on earth , now buoyant upon air , Whose shape would make them , had they bulk and size , More hideous foes than fancy can devise ; With helmet - heads , and dragon - scales adorned , The mighty myriads , now securely scorned ...
Side xlvii
... once to the new theme . Any man accustomed to ruminate , and , at the same time , to note external objects by the way , whatever they are , mean or magnificent - men , animals , trees , sounds , motions , colours - need only ramble half ...
... once to the new theme . Any man accustomed to ruminate , and , at the same time , to note external objects by the way , whatever they are , mean or magnificent - men , animals , trees , sounds , motions , colours - need only ramble half ...
Side lvii
... once move tears of pity and of laughter , at the miseries and absurdities of mankind . The following transformation of time is in Cowper's own manner , and has all the force and quaintness which he loved to employ in his casual sketches ...
... once move tears of pity and of laughter , at the miseries and absurdities of mankind . The following transformation of time is in Cowper's own manner , and has all the force and quaintness which he loved to employ in his casual sketches ...
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... once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom felt , though sometimes seen and heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a ...
... once in Freedom's glorious cause . Thus proud Prerogative , not much revered , Is seldom felt , though sometimes seen and heard ; And in his cage , like parrot fine and gay , Is kept to strut , look big , and talk away . Born in a ...
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