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... 31 35 36 37 38 38 William Shakespeare 39 • Song 40 A Long Story 40 Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude 47 The Alliance of Education and Government 49 Ode for Music 53 COWPER'S POEMS : The Diverting History of John Gilpin On vii.
... 31 35 36 37 38 38 William Shakespeare 39 • Song 40 A Long Story 40 Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude 47 The Alliance of Education and Government 49 Ode for Music 53 COWPER'S POEMS : The Diverting History of John Gilpin On vii.
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... Song on Peace 120 On the Shortness of Human Life 120 Epitaph on Johnson 121 • The Judgment of the Poets Yardley Oak To the Nightingale To Mary The Castaway The Task The Winter Evening 122 123 130 131 133 136 136 • The Winter Morning ...
... Song on Peace 120 On the Shortness of Human Life 120 Epitaph on Johnson 121 • The Judgment of the Poets Yardley Oak To the Nightingale To Mary The Castaway The Task The Winter Evening 122 123 130 131 133 136 136 • The Winter Morning ...
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... song . APPRECIATIONS · The great merit of this writer ( Cowper ) appears to us to consist in the boldness and originality of his compositions , and in the fortunate audacity with which he has carried the dominion of poetry into regions ...
... song . APPRECIATIONS · The great merit of this writer ( Cowper ) appears to us to consist in the boldness and originality of his compositions , and in the fortunate audacity with which he has carried the dominion of poetry into regions ...
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... song , disprove , And justify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heavenly Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews , Her spectręs wan , and birds of boding cry , He gives to range the dreary sky ; Till down the eastern cliffs ...
... song , disprove , And justify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heavenly Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews , Her spectręs wan , and birds of boding cry , He gives to range the dreary sky ; Till down the eastern cliffs ...
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... song Made huge Plinlimmon ° bow his cloud - topt head . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , ° Smeared with gore , and ghastly pale : Far , far aloof the affrighted ravens sail ; The famished eagle screams , and passes by . Dear lost ...
... song Made huge Plinlimmon ° bow his cloud - topt head . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , ° Smeared with gore , and ghastly pale : Far , far aloof the affrighted ravens sail ; The famished eagle screams , and passes by . Dear lost ...
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