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Page 83
... his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge hung with lashes he bore , And stood looking out for his prey From Africa's sorrowful shore . 15 20 20 25 330 But soon as approaching the land , That goddess - THE MORNING DREAM 83.
... his hand , as the sign of his sway , A scourge hung with lashes he bore , And stood looking out for his prey From Africa's sorrowful shore . 15 20 20 25 330 But soon as approaching the land , That goddess - THE MORNING DREAM 83.
Page 84
... dream should betide ? But soon my ear caught the glad news , Which served my weak thought for a guide , That Britannia , renowned o'er the waves For the hatred she ever has shown To the black - sceptred rulers of slaves , Resolves to ...
... dream should betide ? But soon my ear caught the glad news , Which served my weak thought for a guide , That Britannia , renowned o'er the waves For the hatred she ever has shown To the black - sceptred rulers of slaves , Resolves to ...
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... man , Though his life be a dream , his enjoyments , I see , Have a being less durable even than he . 0 F But And Fan Shall 20 A m M Sav How ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PIC- TURE OUT OF 96 COWPER'S POEMS The Poplar Field.
... man , Though his life be a dream , his enjoyments , I see , Have a being less durable even than he . 0 F But And Fan Shall 20 A m M Sav How ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PIC- TURE OUT OF 96 COWPER'S POEMS The Poplar Field.
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... dream , that thou art she . 20 My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , H Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps MY ...
... dream , that thou art she . 20 My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , H Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps MY ...
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... dreams , If envy chance to creep in ; An envious man , if you succeed , May prove a dangerous foe indeed , But not a friend worth keeping . As envy pines at good possessed , So jealousy looks forth distressed On good that seems ...
... dreams , If envy chance to creep in ; An envious man , if you succeed , May prove a dangerous foe indeed , But not a friend worth keeping . As envy pines at good possessed , So jealousy looks forth distressed On good that seems ...
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Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar 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