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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq - Page 13
by William Cowper - 1806
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neigbb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent coarse. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...chiming as they fall •sif) Upon loose pebbles', lose themselves at length In matted grass', thaf , with a livelier green', Betrays the secret of their...silent course\ Nature inanimate. employs sweet sounds' ; lint animated nature sweeter slid' ; To sooth and satisfy the human ear\ 9 Ten thousand warblers...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night : nor these alone, whose notes Nice-finger'd Art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks,...
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The Golden Lyre: Specimens of the poets of England, France, Germany, Italy ...

J. Macray - Poetry - 1830 - 96 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of nci^hb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pehbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...' Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night : nor these alone, wTiose notes Nice-fingered art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks,...
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The Task, and Other Poems

William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1832 - 260 pages
...or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall p Upon loose pebbles, loose themselves at length In matted grass, that, with a...sweet sounds ; But animated nature sweeter still ; To soothe and satisfy the human ear. 9 Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one • The live-long...
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night ;...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volume 6

William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night : nor these alone, whose notes Nice-finger'd Art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks,...
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best Articles in that ...

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that blip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselres at lengi It In maited grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent...
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