Poems, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlight'ning , as the ...
... beneath The checker'd earth seems restless as a flood Brush'd by the wind . So sportive is the light Shot through the boughs , it dances as they dance , Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick , And dark'ning and enlight'ning , as the ...
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... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an ...
... beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows , and , gracing a gray beard With youthful smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an ...
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... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To sallow ...
... Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast ; ' Tis free to all - ' tis ev'ry day renew'd ; Who scorns it starves deservedly at home . He does not scorn it , who , imprison'd long In some unwholesome dungeon , and a prey To sallow ...
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... ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of 22 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name . The innocent are gay - the lark is gay , That dries his feathers , saturate with dew , Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of 22 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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William Cowper. Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest . The peasant too , a witness of his song , Himself a songster , is as gay as he . But save me from the gayety of those , Whose headachs ...
William Cowper. Beneath the rosy cloud , while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest . The peasant too , a witness of his song , Himself a songster , is as gay as he . But save me from the gayety of those , Whose headachs ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath betimes boast bramble breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dread dream e'en Earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit give glory grace grave groves hand happy hast heard heart Heav'n honour hope human labour learn'd less liberty live lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY perhaps plac'd pleas'd pleasure plebeian pow'r praise proud prove quake rapture rest riddance rude rural sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine skies sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound Stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth