Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 |
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... song . Cowper has justly been called the poet of Domes- tic Life ; but his writings are so diversified , as to have a charm for every taste , and for every age . They are calculated not only to awaken the genuine sympathies of the mind ...
... song . Cowper has justly been called the poet of Domes- tic Life ; but his writings are so diversified , as to have a charm for every taste , and for every age . They are calculated not only to awaken the genuine sympathies of the mind ...
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... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if liberty be there ; And I will sing at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid elime ...
... song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires ; Place me where winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if liberty be there ; And I will sing at liberty's dear feet , In Afric's torrid elime ...
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... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier times will serve thee now . Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they ...
... song . ' Tis not the wreath , that once adorned thy brow , The prize of happier times will serve thee now . Our ancestry ; a gallant christian race , Patterns of every virtue , every grace , Confessed a God ; they kneeled before they ...
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... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail --- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They ...
... song , That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulf , from which is no return . They trust in navies , and their navies fail --- God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail ! They ...
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... song . A. At Westminster , where litttle poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refined ...
... song . A. At Westminster , where litttle poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refined ...
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