Poems, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
... Hope , and Charity , * and touch'd with awe The solemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now seek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud Th ...
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... hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse , that ...
... hope already there , Greets with three cheers exulting . At his waist A girdle of half - wither'd shrubs he shows , And at his feet the baffled billows die . The common , overgrown with fern , and rough With prickly gorse , that ...
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... hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of successful flight . I do confess them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish most ; where , in the beams Of warm encouragement , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their ...
... hope no triumph there Beyond th ' achievement of successful flight . I do confess them nurs'ries of the arts , In which they flourish most ; where , in the beams Of warm encouragement , and in the eye Of public note , they reach their ...
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... , And Wolfe's great name , compatriot with his own . Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fall'n VOL . II . D Each in his field of glory ; one in arms BOOK II . 49 THE TIME - PIECE .
... , And Wolfe's great name , compatriot with his own . Farewell those honours , and farewell with them The hope of such hereafter ! They have fall'n VOL . II . D Each in his field of glory ; one in arms BOOK II . 49 THE TIME - PIECE .
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... hope Crack the satiric thong ? ' Twere wiser far For me , enamour'd of sequester'd scenes , And charm'd with rural beauty , to repose , Where chance may throw me , beneath elm or vine , My languid limbs , when summer sears the plains ...
... hope Crack the satiric thong ? ' Twere wiser far For me , enamour'd of sequester'd scenes , And charm'd with rural beauty , to repose , Where chance may throw me , beneath elm or vine , My languid limbs , when summer sears the plains ...
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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