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The Task: A Poem in Six Books - Page 110
by William Cowper - 1811 - 212 pages
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depi&ed flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd, pert proficient in the art 1^5 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle j)Hes its busy task, • 150 The pattern grows, the wetirdepifted flower, Wrought patiently into the...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 456 pages
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...its busy task; The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powdered pert proficient in the art . : Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary streds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake:...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...stop short before these gates; NM powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assanlts these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn....
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gatesj No powder'd pen, proficient in e grave, great Taliessin, hear ; ' Cuuirli their own knell, while heedless of the sound The silent circle fan themselves, and quake ;...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short beiore these gates j No powdcr'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, "Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,...
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