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... turns , " To win the wisest , warm the coldest heart . " --- Cowper is the poet of a well - educated and well- principled Englishman . " Home , sweet home " is the scene - limited as it may be imagined — in which he contrives to ...
... turns , " To win the wisest , warm the coldest heart . " --- Cowper is the poet of a well - educated and well- principled Englishman . " Home , sweet home " is the scene - limited as it may be imagined — in which he contrives to ...
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... turns , the Graces homage pay . With arms sublime , that float upon the air , In gliding state she wins her easy way : O'er her warm cheek , and rising bosom , move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love . 40 II . 1 Man's ...
... turns , the Graces homage pay . With arms sublime , that float upon the air , In gliding state she wins her easy way : O'er her warm cheek , and rising bosom , move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love . 40 II . 1 Man's ...
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... turn , Thousand banners round him burn : Where he points his purple spear , Hasty , hasty rout is there , Marking with indignant eye Fear to stop , and shame to fly . There confusion , terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild ...
... turn , Thousand banners round him burn : Where he points his purple spear , Hasty , hasty rout is there , Marking with indignant eye Fear to stop , and shame to fly . There confusion , terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild ...
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... turning round his head , he saw Three customers come in . ° So down he came ; for loss of time Although it grieved him sore , Yet loss of pence , full well he knew , Would trouble him much more . ' Twas long before the customers Were ...
... turning round his head , he saw Three customers come in . ° So down he came ; for loss of time Although it grieved him sore , Yet loss of pence , full well he knew , Would trouble him much more . ' Twas long before the customers Were ...
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... , But to the house went in : Whence straight he came with hat and wig , A wig that flowed behind , A hat not much the worse for wear , Each comely in its kind . 170 175 180 He held them up , and in his turn Thus 66 COWPER'S POEMS.
... , But to the house went in : Whence straight he came with hat and wig , A wig that flowed behind , A hat not much the worse for wear , Each comely in its kind . 170 175 180 He held them up , and in his turn Thus 66 COWPER'S POEMS.
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