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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... 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 , Our promised happiness is ...
... 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 , Our promised happiness is ...
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... smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they are alone ...
... smile upon the face is often but a mask worn occasionally , and in company , to prevent , if possible , a suspicion of what at the same time is passing in the heart . We know that there are people who seldom smile when they are alone ...
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... smile , to crouch , to please į If smooth Dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the ...
... smile , to crouch , to please į If smooth Dissimulation , skill'd to grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the ...
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... smile , And fill with discontent a British isle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be suck , Stand on a level ; and you prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked ...
... smile , And fill with discontent a British isle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be suck , Stand on a level ; and you prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked ...
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... only , and the penitential tear , Can call her smiling down , and fix her here . But when a country ( one that I could name ) In prostitution sinks the sense of shame : When infamous Venality , grown bold , Writes on his 36 TABLE TALK .
... only , and the penitential tear , Can call her smiling down , and fix her here . But when a country ( one that I could name ) In prostitution sinks the sense of shame : When infamous Venality , grown bold , Writes on his 36 TABLE TALK .
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