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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... voice of fancy , that we rarely expect to see them in harmony . Even when the muses were worshipped as divinities ... voices of a thousand attendant ministers of delight . Thus they were worshipped because they gave new beauty to the ...
... voice of fancy , that we rarely expect to see them in harmony . Even when the muses were worshipped as divinities ... voices of a thousand attendant ministers of delight . Thus they were worshipped because they gave new beauty to the ...
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... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fiils , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
... voice like mine ! Truths , that the theorist could never reach , And observation taught me , I would teach . Not all , whose eloquence the fancy fiils , Musical as the chime of tinkling rills , Weak to perform , though mighty to pretend ...
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... voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honey'd store ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His ...
... voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honey'd store ; These call him loudly to pursuit of more . His ...
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... voice of heavenly love , Sad messenger of mercy from above ! How does it grate upon his thankless ear , Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear ! His will and judgment at continual strife , That civil war imbitters all his life ...
... voice of heavenly love , Sad messenger of mercy from above ! How does it grate upon his thankless ear , Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear ! His will and judgment at continual strife , That civil war imbitters all his life ...
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... voice That cried , Repent ! -and gloried in thy choice ? Thy fastings , when calamity at last Suggest the expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a power In lighter diet at a later hour , To charm to ...
... voice That cried , Repent ! -and gloried in thy choice ? Thy fastings , when calamity at last Suggest the expedient of a yearly fast , What mean they ? Canst thou dream there is a power In lighter diet at a later hour , To charm to ...
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