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... land ; But still the prize , though nearly caught , Escaped my eager hand . Beau marked my unsuccessful pains With fixed considerate face , 15 20 20 25 25 30 And puzzling set his puppy brains To THE DOG AND THE WATER - LILY 75 The Dog ...
... land ; But still the prize , though nearly caught , Escaped my eager hand . Beau marked my unsuccessful pains With fixed considerate face , 15 20 20 25 25 30 And puzzling set his puppy brains To THE DOG AND THE WATER - LILY 75 The Dog ...
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... 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.
... 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.
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Thomas Gray. But soon as approaching the land , That goddess - like woman he viewed , The scourge he let fall from his hand , With blood of his subjects imbrued . I saw him both sicken and die , And , the moment the monster expired ...
Thomas Gray. But soon as approaching the land , That goddess - like woman he viewed , The scourge he let fall from his hand , With blood of his subjects imbrued . I saw him both sicken and die , And , the moment the monster expired ...
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... Never sighed at the 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.
... Never sighed at the 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.
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... land , In a moment I seem to be there ; But , alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair . 45 VII But the sea - fowl is gone to her nest , The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest , And I to my ...
... land , In a moment I seem to be there ; But , alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair . 45 VII But the sea - fowl is gone to her nest , The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest , And I to my ...
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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