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... with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire Witness 8 Book i . тн Е TASK .
... with pleasure such as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire Witness 8 Book i . тн Е TASK .
Page 13
... Far - fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry Angry and ...
... Far - fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits , Dependent on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry Angry and ...
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Not such th ' alert and active , Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , C3 By Book i . 27 THE SOFA ,
Not such th ' alert and active , Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , C3 By Book i . 27 THE SOFA ,
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By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good terper ...
By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And theirs alone seems worthy of the name . Good health , and its associate in the most , Good terper ...
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But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft .
But though true worth and virtue , in the mild And genial foil of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems, Volume 2 Poems, Joseph Johnson Poems, William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1788 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 20 Jan 2010 |
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