Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 |
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Page 7
... flowers ; Unwelcome vapours quench autumnal beams , Ungenial blasts attending curl the streams ; The peasants urge their harvest , ply the fork With double toil , and shiver at their work : Thus with a rigour , for his good designed ...
... flowers ; Unwelcome vapours quench autumnal beams , Ungenial blasts attending curl the streams ; The peasants urge their harvest , ply the fork With double toil , and shiver at their work : Thus with a rigour , for his good designed ...
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... flower ; Spreads the fresh verdure of the fields , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads ; She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , modulating all their notes ; And charms the woodland scenes , and wilds ...
... flower ; Spreads the fresh verdure of the fields , and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads ; She fills profuse ten thousand little throats With music , modulating all their notes ; And charms the woodland scenes , and wilds ...
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... flowers would spring where'er she deigned to And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhiming friend , And many a compliment politely penned ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion weaves for her , and ...
... flowers would spring where'er she deigned to And every muse attend her in her way . Virtue indeed meets many a rhiming friend , And many a compliment politely penned ; But , unattired in that becoming vest Religion weaves for her , and ...
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... flowers so sweet and fair , Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran , Unfolded genially and spread the man ; Returning , he proclaims by many a grace ; By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce that has been sent to ...
... flowers so sweet and fair , Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran , Unfolded genially and spread the man ; Returning , he proclaims by many a grace ; By shrugs and strange contortions of his face , How much a dunce that has been sent to ...
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... flower of Israel's infamy full blown ; Thence date their sad declension and their fall , Their woes not yet repealed , thence date them all . Thus fell the best instructed in her day , And the most favoured land , look where we may ...
... flower of Israel's infamy full blown ; Thence date their sad declension and their fall , Their woes not yet repealed , thence date them all . Thus fell the best instructed in her day , And the most favoured land , look where we may ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath cause charms dæmons deem delight divine dream e'en earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour hope hour human Inner Temple John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rest Robert Throckmorton rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shine sighs sight skies smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste William Bull WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wind wisdom wonder worth youth