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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... their part , We might perceive it was but art ; And that we both intended To sacrifice a little ease ; For all such petty flaws as these Are made but to be mended . B You knew , Dissembler ! all the while , How WILLIAM COWPER .
... their part , We might perceive it was but art ; And that we both intended To sacrifice a little ease ; For all such petty flaws as these Are made but to be mended . B You knew , Dissembler ! all the while , How WILLIAM COWPER .
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... ease my smart , And hope subsists but to prolong my pain . Oh then , kind Heaven ! be this my latest breath Here end my life , or make it worth my care ; Absence from whom we love is worse than death , And frustrate hope severer than ...
... ease my smart , And hope subsists but to prolong my pain . Oh then , kind Heaven ! be this my latest breath Here end my life , or make it worth my care ; Absence from whom we love is worse than death , And frustrate hope severer than ...
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... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have On situations , that they never felt , [ dwelt Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
... ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy the state , that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have On situations , that they never felt , [ dwelt Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of ...
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... ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , [ Grace ? Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What ...
... ease that man puts on his gown ? Will Avarice and Concupiscence give place , [ Grace ? Charm'd by the sounds - Your Reverence , or Your No. But his own engagement binds him fast ; Or , if it does not , brands him to the last What ...
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... ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her , false or true . Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thong ...
... ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her , false or true . Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thong ...
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