The Poems of William Cowper: Volume I: 1748-1782"These volumes complete the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems, and include most of his finest works, from much-anthologized short poems like The Poplar-Field and The Retired Cat to longer works such as The Cast-Away"--Publisher. |
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200 B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Lib'ral in all things else , yet nature here ...
200 B. The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his climate and his frame . Lib'ral in all things else , yet nature here ...
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The cause is plain and not to be denied , The proud are always most provok'd by pride , Few competitions but engender spite , And those the most , where neither has a right . The point of honour has been deemed of use , To teach good ...
The cause is plain and not to be denied , The proud are always most provok'd by pride , Few competitions but engender spite , And those the most , where neither has a right . The point of honour has been deemed of use , To teach good ...
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At Night I read Mr Burke's Speech in the newspaper , and was so well pleased with his Proposals for a Reformation , and with the Temper in which he made them , that I began to think better of his Cause and burnt my Verses .
At Night I read Mr Burke's Speech in the newspaper , and was so well pleased with his Proposals for a Reformation , and with the Temper in which he made them , that I began to think better of his Cause and burnt my Verses .
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THE EARLY POEMS 17481763 I | 78 |
OLNET HYMNS AND OTHER POEMS 17641772 | 136 |
POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER OF THE INNER | 240 |
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