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... light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grashopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread ...
... light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grashopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread ...
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... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine , Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
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William Cowper. Ye clergy ! while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world and stars of human race ; But , if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous , and view'd with fear ; The comet's baneful influence is a dream ...
William Cowper. Ye clergy ! while your orbit is your place , Lights of the world and stars of human race ; But , if eccentric ye forsake your sphere , Prodigies ominous , and view'd with fear ; The comet's baneful influence is a dream ...
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... , With awkward gait , stretch'd neck , and silly stare , Discover huge cathedrals built with stone , And steeples towering high , much like our own ; But show peculiar light , by many a grin At THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 37.
... , With awkward gait , stretch'd neck , and silly stare , Discover huge cathedrals built with stone , And steeples towering high , much like our own ; But show peculiar light , by many a grin At THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR . 37.
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... light he draws , The squire , once bashful , is shamefaced no more , But teems with powers he never felt before ; Whether increased momentum , and the force With which from clime to clime he sped his course , ( As axles sometimes kindle ...
... light he draws , The squire , once bashful , is shamefaced no more , But teems with powers he never felt before ; Whether increased momentum , and the force With which from clime to clime he sped his course , ( As axles sometimes kindle ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Cheapside CHISWICK courser dark dear deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Edmonton errours eyes fair Fancy fear feel fire flowers folly fool form'd frown GEORGE ROMNEY Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast hate heart Heaven heavenly hope hour JOHN GILPIN labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mind muse Nature never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps Pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride proud prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight sithe skies smile song SONNET sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas verse VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wintry wisdom zeal