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Page 88
... sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared . V Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore 15 20 25 25 30 VERSES Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall 888 COWPER'S POEMS.
... sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared . V Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore 15 20 25 25 30 VERSES Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall 888 COWPER'S POEMS.
Page 94
... Appeared two lovely foes , Aspiring to the rank of queen , The Lily and the Rose . III The Rose soon reddened into rage , And swelling with disdain , 5 10 15 Appealed to many a poet's page , To prove 94 COWPER'S POEMS The Lily and the Rose.
... Appeared two lovely foes , Aspiring to the rank of queen , The Lily and the Rose . III The Rose soon reddened into rage , And swelling with disdain , 5 10 15 Appealed to many a poet's page , To prove 94 COWPER'S POEMS The Lily and the Rose.
Page 103
... appeared , The sheep recumbent , and the sheep that grazed , All huddling into phalanx , stood and gazed , Admiring , terrified , the novel strain , Then coursed the field around , and coursed it round again ; But , recollecting with a ...
... appeared , The sheep recumbent , and the sheep that grazed , All huddling into phalanx , stood and gazed , Admiring , terrified , the novel strain , Then coursed the field around , and coursed it round again ; But , recollecting with a ...
Page 197
... appeared in print on February 16 , 1751 , and sprang into instant popularity . It was copied far and wide , and was translated into all of the principal languages of Europe within a few months after it came out . It is now ranked as one ...
... appeared in print on February 16 , 1751 , and sprang into instant popularity . It was copied far and wide , and was translated into all of the principal languages of Europe within a few months after it came out . It is now ranked as one ...
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... appeared Under the opening eye - lids of the Morn , We drove afield . " Milton uses - - Lycidas , 11. 25-27 . 105-112 . Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , etc. These two stanzas are engraved on a monument to Gray in Stoke Park ...
... appeared Under the opening eye - lids of the Morn , We drove afield . " Milton uses - - Lycidas , 11. 25-27 . 105-112 . Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , etc. These two stanzas are engraved on a monument to Gray in Stoke Park ...
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