Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 188
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
Page 199
... theme . That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But still while virtue kindled his delight , The ...
... theme . That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavish'd all his thoughts on human things , The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings , But still while virtue kindled his delight , The ...
Page 457
... theme , and like its theme , the fruit Of too much labor , worthless when produced . Who loves a garden , loves a green - house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime There blooms exotic beauty , warm and snug , While the winds ...
... theme , and like its theme , the fruit Of too much labor , worthless when produced . Who loves a garden , loves a green - house too . Unconscious of a less propitious clime There blooms exotic beauty , warm and snug , While the winds ...
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