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 166
... sweet , how passing sweet , is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper - solitude is sweet . Yet neither these delights , nor aught beside , That appetite can ask , or wealth provide , Can save us ...
... sweet , how passing sweet , is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper - solitude is sweet . Yet neither these delights , nor aught beside , That appetite can ask , or wealth provide , Can save us ...
Page 227
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head : And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour , To slumber ...
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head : And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour , To slumber ...
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... sweet in Glycera's and Chloe's praise . Now too the plenteous feast and mantling bowl Nourish the vigour of thy sprightly soul ; The flowing goblet makes thy numbers flow , And casks not wine alone , but verse bestow . Thus Phoebus ...
... sweet in Glycera's and Chloe's praise . Now too the plenteous feast and mantling bowl Nourish the vigour of thy sprightly soul ; The flowing goblet makes thy numbers flow , And casks not wine alone , but verse bestow . Thus Phoebus ...
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