Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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William Cowper. Thee , gentle * favage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to ... thine are honest tears , Omia . A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At C 2 BOOK 1 . 27 THE SOFA .
William Cowper. Thee , gentle * favage ! whom no love of thee Or thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to ... thine are honest tears , Omia . A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At C 2 BOOK 1 . 27 THE SOFA .
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... thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when the paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide ...
... thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when the paints thee thus . She tells me , too , that duly ev'ry morn Thou climb'ft the mountain top , with eager eye Exploring far and wide ...
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... thine eyes with eye - falve ; ask of him , Or afk of whom foever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee ftill- My country ! and , while yet a nook is left Where ...
... thine eyes with eye - falve ; ask of him , Or afk of whom foever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee ftill- My country ! and , while yet a nook is left Where ...
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... thine arms She fmiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , Heav'n - born , and deftin'd to the skies again . Thou art not known where pleasure is ador'd , That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wand'ring eyes , ftill leaning on ...
... thine arms She fmiles , appearing , as in truth fhe is , Heav'n - born , and deftin'd to the skies again . Thou art not known where pleasure is ador'd , That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wand'ring eyes , ftill leaning on ...
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... thine own : and , if it be , What edge of fubtlety canft thou suppose Keen enough , wife and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confefs ...
... thine own : and , if it be , What edge of fubtlety canft thou suppose Keen enough , wife and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confefs ...
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