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 AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... course bound up in a dark and heavy melancholy - and the thoughts converted into hideous shapes the moment they rise in the soul - This is to suffer indeed - to pay a price for genius which would be far too high for any other possession ...
... course bound up in a dark and heavy melancholy - and the thoughts converted into hideous shapes the moment they rise in the soul - This is to suffer indeed - to pay a price for genius which would be far too high for any other possession ...
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... course of six or seven months his mind began to recover from the fearful depression it had suffered . We must here not pass over without observation , the opinion which has been often brought forward , that the principal cause of ...
... course of six or seven months his mind began to recover from the fearful depression it had suffered . We must here not pass over without observation , the opinion which has been often brought forward , that the principal cause of ...
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... course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a prisoner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - a heart filled with love ...
... course . When he saw the busy and the gay world in its true light , he left it with as little reluctance as a prisoner , when called to liberty , leaves his dungeon . Not that he became a Cynic or an Ascetic - a heart filled with love ...
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... course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the Nine consent the sacred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapside , Or tinkle in ' Change Alley , to amuse The leathern ears of Stock - jobbers and Jews . A. Vouchsafe , at least , to ...
... course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the Nine consent the sacred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapside , Or tinkle in ' Change Alley , to amuse The leathern ears of Stock - jobbers and Jews . A. Vouchsafe , at least , to ...
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... course , Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires , Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon kis ...
... course , Hence Liberty , sweet Liberty inspires And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires , Patient of constitutional control , He bears it with meek manliness of soul ; But , if Authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon kis ...
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ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth