Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse TABLE TALK . 27.
... Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse TABLE TALK . 27.
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... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him who rears a poem lank and long , To him who strains his all into a song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ...
... sounds will be ; But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him who rears a poem lank and long , To him who strains his all into a song ; Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air , All birks and braes , though he was never there ...
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... sounds , though sweet and well com- bin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod ...
... sounds , though sweet and well com- bin'd , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , Leave vice and folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod ...
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... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited ; and , would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless ...
... Sounds for the poor , but sounds alike for all : Kings are invited ; and , would kings obey , No slaves on earth more welcome were than they : But royalty , nobility , and state , Are such a dead preponderating weight , That endless ...
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... sounds prophetic are to rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute— Thy scorn'd his inspiration and his theme ; Pronounc'd him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence wing'd the fleeting hours , Till the ...
... sounds prophetic are to rough to suit Ears long accustom'd to the pleasing lute— Thy scorn'd his inspiration and his theme ; Pronounc'd him frantic , and his fears a dream ; With self - indulgence wing'd the fleeting hours , Till the ...
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