Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 112
... skies . And now , farewell - Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course , yet what I wish'd is done . By contemplation's help , not sought in vain , I seem t ' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were ...
... skies . And now , farewell - Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course , yet what I wish'd is done . By contemplation's help , not sought in vain , I seem t ' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were ...
Page 231
... skies.1 Oh happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel , hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet to come , She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the ...
... skies.1 Oh happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel , hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet to come , She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers , She safe in the ...
Page 235
... skies , In vain he closes or averts his eyes , Truth will intrude - she bids him yet beware- And shakes the sceptic in the scorner's chair.1 Though various foes against the truth combine , Pride above all opposes her design ; Pride , of ...
... skies , In vain he closes or averts his eyes , Truth will intrude - she bids him yet beware- And shakes the sceptic in the scorner's chair.1 Though various foes against the truth combine , Pride above all opposes her design ; Pride , of ...
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