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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... 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 less secure ...
... 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 less secure ...
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... soon after became acquainted with his well - known biographer , Mr. Hayley , of whom he uniformly spoke with the warmest affection . Under these circumstances , his spirits continued to hold good till the year 1794 , when his mind began ...
... soon after became acquainted with his well - known biographer , Mr. Hayley , of whom he uniformly spoke with the warmest affection . Under these circumstances , his spirits continued to hold good till the year 1794 , when his mind began ...
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... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her 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 ...
... soon roars In all her gates , and shakes her 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 ...
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... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
... soon Our sabbaths , closed with mummery and buffoon . Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene , Ours parcell'd out , as thine have ever been God's worship and the mountebank between . What says the prophet ? Let that day be ...
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... soon opening wide In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
... soon opening wide In rushes folly with a full - moon tide , Then welcome errors of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves ...
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