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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... distant spot removed , Hopeless to gain , unwilling to molest With fond entreaties whom I dearly loved , Despair or absence had redeem'd my rest . But now sole partner in my Delia's heart , Yet doom'd far off in exile to complain ...
... distant spot removed , Hopeless to gain , unwilling to molest With fond entreaties whom I dearly loved , Despair or absence had redeem'd my rest . But now sole partner in my Delia's heart , Yet doom'd far off in exile to complain ...
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... distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts ; Not skulk or put on a prudential mask ...
... distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts ; Not skulk or put on a prudential mask ...
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... distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world ; And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath press'd down Obduracy takes place : callous and ...
... distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world ; And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath press'd down Obduracy takes place : callous and ...
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... distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful ...
... distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , arm'd with strength surpassing human powers Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his soul into the dawning plan . Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful ...
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... distant climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece , in Italy he rose ; And , tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerged all splendour , in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then ...
... distant climes , Ennobling every region that he chose ; He sunk in Greece , in Italy he rose ; And , tedious years of Gothic darkness pass'd , Emerged all splendour , in our isle at last . Thus lovely halcyons dive into the main , Then ...
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