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 Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to ...
... beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to tread secure ; And now the refluent wave his baffled toil defeats . Had you , my love , forbade me to ...
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... beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in ...
... beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain ; The varied fields of science , ever new , Opening and wider opening on her view , She ventures onward with a prosperous force , While no base fear impedes her in ...
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... beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of Nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
... beneath his hand ( A dire effect by one of Nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause ) ; But Providence himself will intervene , To throw his dark displeasure o'er the scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war ...
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... beneath them , and Heaven roars abovej But nothing scares them from the course they love . To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from ...
... beneath them , and Heaven roars abovej But nothing scares them from the course they love . To the lascivious pipe and wanton song That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from ...
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... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve . Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
... beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve . Flew to its first position with a spring , That made the vaulted roofs of Pleasure ring . His court , the dissolute ...
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