Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... And never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his side . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnassian dews , Reward his mem'ry , dear to ev'ry muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In I. B.
... And never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his side . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnassian dews , Reward his mem'ry , dear to ev'ry muse , Who , with a courage of unshaken root , In I. B.
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... muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee th ' ennobling pow'rs 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 th ' ennobling pow'rs 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 to such a theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from its highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet , purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread ...
... muse to such a theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then- Stoop'd from its highest pitch to pounce a wren . As if the poet , purposing to wed , Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread ...
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... muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber'd in an age so void of taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve ...
... muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber'd in an age so void of taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve ...
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