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" Cataracts of declamation thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But... "
The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ... - Page 242
edited by - 1831 - 338 pages
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion, rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweet?p Nectareous eflences,...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ...

William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange. But gay confufion, rofei for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fvverts, * Ne&areous efiehces, Olympian dews, Sermons,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufiojt; rofes for the cheeks. And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heay'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of thetr fweets, ireous eflences,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes.. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous efifences,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reff appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...dcfcants on a nation's \\ocs. The reft appears a wildernefs of dränge But gay confufion — rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Hcav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their Necbreous cfTenccs,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...thunder here; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders, lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...meiry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of llrange But gay confufiora ', rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...thunder here; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and...
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