Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 73
... ev'n to woman paid , Praise is the medium of a knavish trade , A coin by ... ry plain , Cheer'd as they go by many a sprightly strain , Where Nature has ... ev'ry shape and ev'ry name , Transform'd to blessings , miss their cruel aim ...
... ev'n to woman paid , Praise is the medium of a knavish trade , A coin by ... ry plain , Cheer'd as they go by many a sprightly strain , Where Nature has ... ev'ry shape and ev'ry name , Transform'd to blessings , miss their cruel aim ...
Page 115
... ev'ry loco - motive kind ; Birds of all feather , beasts of ev'ry name , That serve mankind , or shun them , wild or tame ; The looks and gestures of their griefs and fears Have , all , articulation in his ears ; He spells them true by ...
... ev'ry loco - motive kind ; Birds of all feather , beasts of ev'ry name , That serve mankind , or shun them , wild or tame ; The looks and gestures of their griefs and fears Have , all , articulation in his ears ; He spells them true by ...
Page 440
... ry arm'd . Vice parries wide Th ' undreaded volley with a sword of straw , And stands an impudent and fearless mark . Have we not track'd the felon home , and found His birth - place and his dam ? the country mourns , Mourns , because ev'ry ...
... ry arm'd . Vice parries wide Th ' undreaded volley with a sword of straw , And stands an impudent and fearless mark . Have we not track'd the felon home , and found His birth - place and his dam ? the country mourns , Mourns , because ev'ry ...
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beneath bids blest boast call'd cause charms dæmons dear death delight divine dread dream earth ease edition ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fill'd flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour INNER TEMPLE John John Gilpin John Newton John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL land learn'd letters light Lord lost mankind Martin Madan mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poems poet pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rest sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sweet task taste TEXT thee theme thine thou art thought thousand toil tongue truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste Westminster School Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER William Hayley wind wisdom youth