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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... e'en the face of misery to a smile ; But soon the momentary pleasure's past . How oft , my Delia ! since our last farewell , ( Years that have roll'd since that distressful hour , ) Grieved , I have said , When most our hopes prevail ...
... e'en the face of misery to a smile ; But soon the momentary pleasure's past . How oft , my Delia ! since our last farewell , ( Years that have roll'd since that distressful hour , ) Grieved , I have said , When most our hopes prevail ...
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... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot , for no cause But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their ...
... E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot , for no cause But that they catch at popular applause , Careless of all the anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their ...
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... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting her satiric ...
... E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws . But he ( his musical finesse was such , So nice his ear , so delicate his touch ) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has his tune by heart . Nature imparting her satiric ...
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... Power , pomp and splendour , and the thirst of praise ; There Beauty wooes him with expanded arms ; E'en Racchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well 46 PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... Power , pomp and splendour , and the thirst of praise ; There Beauty wooes him with expanded arms ; E'en Racchanalian madness has its charms . Nor these alone , whose pleasures less refined Might well 46 PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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... every mien Chins fallen , and not an eye - ball to be seen . Still I insist , though music heretofore Has charm'd me much ( not e'en Occiduus more ) , Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more 48 PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... every mien Chins fallen , and not an eye - ball to be seen . Still I insist , though music heretofore Has charm'd me much ( not e'en Occiduus more ) , Love , joy , and peace , make harmony more 48 PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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