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Page 183
... fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill , Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains , 20 Or nymphs responsive ...
... fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill , Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains , 20 Or nymphs responsive ...
Page 281
... fall ; From these fallacious visions of distress 20 30 I wake ; nor are my real sorrows less . Thy absence , Delia ! heightens every ill , And gives e'en trivial pains the pow'r to kill . Oh ! wert thou near me ; yet that wish forbear ...
... fall ; From these fallacious visions of distress 20 30 I wake ; nor are my real sorrows less . Thy absence , Delia ! heightens every ill , And gives e'en trivial pains the pow'r to kill . Oh ! wert thou near me ; yet that wish forbear ...
Page 343
... fall , what a way I should roll ! I am glad that the bridge was indicted , - Stop ! stop ! I am sunk in a hole ! " " Nay , never care ! " Tis a common affair ; You'll not be the last that will set a foot there . " 35 She . " Let me ...
... fall , what a way I should roll ! I am glad that the bridge was indicted , - Stop ! stop ! I am sunk in a hole ! " " Nay , never care ! " Tis a common affair ; You'll not be the last that will set a foot there . " 35 She . " Let me ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breast breath British Museum call'd charms Cowper dear delight design'd divine dream earth ease East Dereham ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flow'rs folly form'd frown Gentleman's Magazine give glory good-natur'd grace groves hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour light LORD lov'd lyre mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymphs o'er Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure poems pow'r praise pray'r prove Published 1782 Published by Croft Published by Hayley rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth Twas verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wind wisdom worth Written youth