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 254
... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and , instead ...
... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and , instead ...
Page 135
... seek your home , my lambs ; my thoughts are To other cares than those of feeding you . Alas ! what deities shall I suppose In heaven , or earth , concern'd for human woes , Since , Oh my Damon ! their severe decree So soon condemns me ...
... seek your home , my lambs ; my thoughts are To other cares than those of feeding you . Alas ! what deities shall I suppose In heaven , or earth , concern'd for human woes , Since , Oh my Damon ! their severe decree So soon condemns me ...
Page 136
... seek your home , my lambs ; my thoughts are To other cares than those of feeding you . [ due Or who , when summer suns their summit reach , And Pan sleeps hidden by the sheltering beech , When shepherds disappear , nymphs seek the sedge ...
... seek your home , my lambs ; my thoughts are To other cares than those of feeding you . [ due Or who , when summer suns their summit reach , And Pan sleeps hidden by the sheltering beech , When shepherds disappear , nymphs seek the sedge ...
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