Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 127
... force Of some divine command , Commission'd to presage a course Of happier days at hand ? Thrice welcome then ! for many a long And joyless year have I , As thou to day , put forth my song Beneath a wintry sky . But Thee no wintry skies ...
... force Of some divine command , Commission'd to presage a course Of happier days at hand ? Thrice welcome then ! for many a long And joyless year have I , As thou to day , put forth my song Beneath a wintry sky . But Thee no wintry skies ...
Page 155
... Force back my shatter'd bark again . LOOKING UPWARDS IN A STORM GOD of my life , to thee I call , Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; 2 When the great water - floods prevail , Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 1 Psalm cxxx , I. 2 Psalm ...
... Force back my shatter'd bark again . LOOKING UPWARDS IN A STORM GOD of my life , to thee I call , Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; 2 When the great water - floods prevail , Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 1 Psalm cxxx , I. 2 Psalm ...
Page 363
... force , It pricks the genius forward in its course , Allows short time for play , and none for sloth , And felt alike by each , advances both , But judge where so much evil intervenes , The end , though plausible , not worth the means ...
... force , It pricks the genius forward in its course , Allows short time for play , and none for sloth , And felt alike by each , advances both , But judge where so much evil intervenes , The end , though plausible , not worth the means ...
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