Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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... side , To make his balance true . Then over all , that he might be Equipped from top to toe , His long red cloak , well brushed and neat , He manfully did throw . Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed , Full slowly pacing ...
... side , To make his balance true . Then over all , that he might be Equipped from top to toe , His long red cloak , well brushed and neat , He manfully did throw . Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed , Full slowly pacing ...
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... side , As hath been said or sung . The dogs did bark , the children screamed , Up flew the windows all ; 110 And every soul cried out , " Well done ! " As loud as he could bawl . Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame HISTORY OF JOHN ...
... side , As hath been said or sung . The dogs did bark , the children screamed , Up flew the windows all ; 110 And every soul cried out , " Well done ! " As loud as he could bawl . Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame HISTORY OF JOHN ...
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... - necks Still dangling at his waist . Thus all through merry Islington ° These gambols he did play , 125 130 Until he came unto the Wash ° 135 Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides 64 COWPER'S POEMS.
... - necks Still dangling at his waist . Thus all through merry Islington ° These gambols he did play , 125 130 Until he came unto the Wash ° 135 Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides 64 COWPER'S POEMS.
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Thomas Gray. And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way , Just like unto a trundling mop , Or a wild goose at play . At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband , wondering much To see how he did ...
Thomas Gray. And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way , Just like unto a trundling mop , Or a wild goose at play . At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband , wondering much To see how he did ...
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... Or kites are hovering near , I fear lest thee alone they seize , And know no other fear . VII " " Tis then I feel myself a wife , And press thy wedded side , 25 25 Resolved a union formed for life , Death never shall 72 COWPER'S POEMS.
... Or kites are hovering near , I fear lest thee alone they seize , And know no other fear . VII " " Tis then I feel myself a wife , And press thy wedded side , 25 25 Resolved a union formed for life , Death never shall 72 COWPER'S POEMS.
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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