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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... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in ...
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in ...
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... taste , and that those , who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed . first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pur ...
... taste , and that those , who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed . first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pur ...
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... pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of art well gracea . To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these . 30 TABLE TALK .
... pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries with the works of art well gracea . To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these . 30 TABLE TALK .
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... taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment ...
... taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment ...
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... taste . But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
... taste . But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
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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