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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... Song were it to save my life , banished as I am , not to a strange land , but to a remoteness from his presence , in comparison with which the distance from east to west is no dis- tance , is vicinity and cohesion . I dare not , either ...
... Song were it to save my life , banished as I am , not to a strange land , but to a remoteness from his presence , in comparison with which the distance from east to west is no dis- tance , is vicinity and cohesion . I dare not , either ...
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... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid clime ...
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... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorn'd thy brow , The prize of happier times , will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant Christian race Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they ...
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... song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in ...
... song That charm down fear , they frolic it along . With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They trust in ...
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... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six , and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
... song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six , and five , Where Discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined ...
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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