Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 371
... kind , And form'd of God without a parent's mind , Commits her eggs , incautious , to the dust , Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust ; And while on public nurs'ries they rely , Not knowing , and too oft not caring why ...
... kind , And form'd of God without a parent's mind , Commits her eggs , incautious , to the dust , Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust ; And while on public nurs'ries they rely , Not knowing , and too oft not caring why ...
Page 388
... kind has taught me to hold the sportsman's amusement in abhorrence ; he little knows what amiable creatures he persecutes , of what gratitude they are capable , how cheerful they are in their spirits , what enjoyment they have of life ...
... kind has taught me to hold the sportsman's amusement in abhorrence ; he little knows what amiable creatures he persecutes , of what gratitude they are capable , how cheerful they are in their spirits , what enjoyment they have of life ...
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... kind : lights he never eats , and liver , having observed that it makes him sick , we never give him now . Bread he eats in abundance , and it is the only thing for which he begs with much importunity . He is regularly combed , and his ...
... kind : lights he never eats , and liver , having observed that it makes him sick , we never give him now . Bread he eats in abundance , and it is the only thing for which he begs with much importunity . He is regularly combed , and his ...
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