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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... pleasure : a friend who was not only a comfort to myself , but a blessing to the affectionate poor people , among whom I then lived . Some time after inclination had thus removed him from the hurry and the bustle of life , he was still ...
... pleasure : a friend who was not only a comfort to myself , but a blessing to the affectionate poor people , among whom I then lived . Some time after inclination had thus removed him from the hurry and the bustle of life , he was still ...
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... pleasures to the feeling heart . No pleasure ? Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run ...
... pleasures to the feeling heart . No pleasure ? Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast ? Can British Paradise no scenes afford To please her sated and indifferent lord ? Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run ...
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... pleasures , with no curses in the close . Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will , nor leaves the judgment free . " Tis not alone the grape's enticing juice Unnerves the moral powers , and mars their use ; Ambition ...
... pleasures , with no curses in the close . Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will , nor leaves the judgment free . " Tis not alone the grape's enticing juice Unnerves the moral powers , and mars their use ; Ambition ...
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