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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Page 327
... force it opens all the cells Where Mem'ry slept . Wherever I have heard A kindred melody , the scene recurs , And with it all its pleasures and its pains . Such comprehensive views the spirit takes , That in a few short moments I ...
... force it opens all the cells Where Mem'ry slept . Wherever I have heard A kindred melody , the scene recurs , And with it all its pleasures and its pains . Such comprehensive views the spirit takes , That in a few short moments I ...
Page 366
... force ; It pricks the genius forward in its course , Allows short time for play , and none for sloth : And , felt alike by each , advances both : But judge , where so much evil intervenes , The end , though plausible , not worth the ...
... force ; It pricks the genius forward in its course , Allows short time for play , and none for sloth : And , felt alike by each , advances both : But judge , where so much evil intervenes , The end , though plausible , not worth the ...
Page 370
... force . And his address , if not quite French in ease , Not English stiff , but frank , and form'd to please Low in the world , because he scorns its arts ; A man of letters , manners , morals , parts ; Unpatronized , and therefore ...
... force . And his address , if not quite French in ease , Not English stiff , but frank , and form'd to please Low in the world , because he scorns its arts ; A man of letters , manners , morals , parts ; Unpatronized , and therefore ...
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