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... fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honors to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song . APPRECIATIONS : The great merit of this writer ( Cowper ) appears to us ...
... fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honors to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song . APPRECIATIONS : The great merit of this writer ( Cowper ) appears to us ...
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... fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the ...
... fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the ...
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... Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . ° 110 But ah ! ' tis heard no more ° Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride , nor ample ...
... Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . ° 110 But ah ! ' tis heard no more ° Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride , nor ample ...
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... fancy draws , The event presages , and explores the cause ; The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; 35 While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear The social smile , the sympathetic tear . 40 Say ...
... fancy draws , The event presages , and explores the cause ; The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; 35 While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear The social smile , the sympathetic tear . 40 Say ...
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... breaking windows be the sport , Who bravely breaks the most . IV But , O ! for him my fancy culls The choicest flowers she bears , 5 1 ) Who constitutionally pulls Your house about your ears . V THE MODERN PATRIOT 91 The Modern Patriot.
... breaking windows be the sport , Who bravely breaks the most . IV But , O ! for him my fancy culls The choicest flowers she bears , 5 1 ) Who constitutionally pulls Your house about your ears . V THE MODERN PATRIOT 91 The Modern Patriot.
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Ęschylus Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Edward Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cęsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote