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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... o'er his brimming beaker boasts ( As if barbarity were high desert ) The inglorious feat , and clamorous in praise Of the poor brute , seems wisely to suppose The honours of his matchless horse his own . But many a crime , deem'd ...
... o'er his brimming beaker boasts ( As if barbarity were high desert ) The inglorious feat , and clamorous in praise Of the poor brute , seems wisely to suppose The honours of his matchless horse his own . But many a crime , deem'd ...
Page 104
... O'er golden sands , but sands of purer gold ; With dewy airs Favonius fann'd the flowers , With airs awaken'd under rosy bowers . Such , poets feign , irradiated all o'er The sun's 522 104 TRANSLATIONS.
... O'er golden sands , but sands of purer gold ; With dewy airs Favonius fann'd the flowers , With airs awaken'd under rosy bowers . Such , poets feign , irradiated all o'er The sun's 522 104 TRANSLATIONS.
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... o'er yon gulf profound Her navies wing their way , With juster claim she builds at length Her empire on the sea , And well may boast the waves her strength Which strength restored to thee . ADDRESSED TO MISS - ON READING THE PRAYER FOR ...
... o'er yon gulf profound Her navies wing their way , With juster claim she builds at length Her empire on the sea , And well may boast the waves her strength Which strength restored to thee . ADDRESSED TO MISS - ON READING THE PRAYER FOR ...
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