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... spirits had been long enough in the mixed society of the world to be polished by its intercourse , and yet withdrawn so soon as to retain an unworldly degree of simplicity and purity . -THOMAS CAMPBELL . Of Cowper , how shall I express ...
... spirits had been long enough in the mixed society of the world to be polished by its intercourse , and yet withdrawn so soon as to retain an unworldly degree of simplicity and purity . -THOMAS CAMPBELL . Of Cowper , how shall I express ...
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... spirit shall inquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away , To meet the sun upon the upland lawno : " There at the foot of yonder nodding ...
... spirit shall inquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away , To meet the sun upon the upland lawno : " There at the foot of yonder nodding ...
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... spirits pure , the slumbers light , That fly the approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ...
... spirits pure , the slumbers light , That fly the approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ...
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... spirit lost , They sought , oh Albion ! next thy sea - encircled coast . * III . 1 Far from the sun and summer - gale , In thy green lap was Nature's Darling laid , What time , where lucid Avon strayed , 85 To him the mighty mother did ...
... spirit lost , They sought , oh Albion ! next thy sea - encircled coast . * III . 1 Far from the sun and summer - gale , In thy green lap was Nature's Darling laid , What time , where lucid Avon strayed , 85 To him the mighty mother did ...
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... 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 pinion , That the THE PROGRESS OF POESY 21.
... 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 pinion , That the THE PROGRESS OF POESY 21.
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