Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 87
... smile . But now beneath this walnut - shade He finds his long last home , And waits , in snug concealment laid , ' Till gentler Puss shall come . She , still more ancient , feels the shocks , From which no care can save , And , partner ...
... smile . But now beneath this walnut - shade He finds his long last home , And waits , in snug concealment laid , ' Till gentler Puss shall come . She , still more ancient , feels the shocks , From which no care can save , And , partner ...
Page 111
... smile ) Could those few pleasant days again appear , Might one wish bring them , would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart - the dear delight Seems so to be desir'd , perhaps I might.— But no - what here we call our life is ...
... smile ) Could those few pleasant days again appear , Might one wish bring them , would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart - the dear delight Seems so to be desir'd , perhaps I might.— But no - what here we call our life is ...
Page 186
... smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses and simp'ring peers , Incompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the ...
... smile , to crouch , to please ; If smooth dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses and simp'ring peers , Incompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the ...
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