The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1856 - English poetry |
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... death a foe ? Recoil from weary life's best hour , And covet longer woe ? The cause is Conscience - Conscience oft Her tale of guilt renews : Her voice is terrible though soft , And dread of death ensues . Then , anxious to be longer ...
... death a foe ? Recoil from weary life's best hour , And covet longer woe ? The cause is Conscience - Conscience oft Her tale of guilt renews : Her voice is terrible though soft , And dread of death ensues . Then , anxious to be longer ...
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... Death of the Vice - Chancellor , a Physician On the Death of the Bishop of Ely Nature unimpaired by Time On the Platonic Idea as it was understood by Aristotle To his Father To Salsillus , a Roman Poet , much indisposed · 103 · 105 108 ...
... Death of the Vice - Chancellor , a Physician On the Death of the Bishop of Ely Nature unimpaired by Time On the Platonic Idea as it was understood by Aristotle To his Father To Salsillus , a Roman Poet , much indisposed · 103 · 105 108 ...
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... DEATH , ADAM , and Eve . DEATH . Thou art the creature , Woman , Who first hast summon'd me , And with a sinful voice , From the Tartarean shades ; Thou , perishable flesh and form of clay , Hast call'd this fearful monster , Of human ...
... DEATH , ADAM , and Eve . DEATH . Thou art the creature , Woman , Who first hast summon'd me , And with a sinful voice , From the Tartarean shades ; Thou , perishable flesh and form of clay , Hast call'd this fearful monster , Of human ...
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