The Poetical Works of William CowperW. Smith, 1839 - 516 pages |
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... muse to some of her happiest flights . To Lady Hesketh is due the praise of having been one of those who most succeeded in calling forth the epistolary talent , in which he so much excelled . The easy and unaffected style of his letters ...
... muse to some of her happiest flights . To Lady Hesketh is due the praise of having been one of those who most succeeded in calling forth the epistolary talent , in which he so much excelled . The easy and unaffected style of his letters ...
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... muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in ...
... muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In honour's field advancing his firm foot , Plants it upon the line that justice draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in ...
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... muse , his passion and his theme , Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where ...
... muse , his passion and his theme , Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where ...
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... muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a ...
... muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a ...
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... Muse a crime ; Verse in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of 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 ...
... Muse a crime ; Verse in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of 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 ...
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