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Obscurist night involved - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

Such a destined wretch as I - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

To check the vessel's course - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

Delayed not to bestow - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

His transient respite past - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

Misery still delights to trace - William Cowper "The Cast-Away"

While the rat is on the scout - William Cowper "The Cricket"

With what vermin else infest - William Cowper "The Cricket"

Nor swifter greyhound follow - William Cowper "Epitaph on a Hare"

Beneath this walnut shade - William Cowper "Epitaph on a Hare"

Conscious of the tears I shed - William Cowper "Lines on Receiving His Mother's Picture"

Farewells are a sound unknown - William Cowper "Lines on Receiving His Mother's Picture"

The record fair that memory keeps - William Cowper "Lines on Receiving His Mother's Picture"

Eight hundred of the brave - W. Cowper "Loss of the Royal George"

No tempest gave the shock - W. Cowper "Loss of the Royal George"

The keen demands of appetite - Cowper "Nightingale and Glow-worm" [Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge issue 11, June 2, 1832]

Knew the glow-worm by his spark - Cowper "Nightingale and Glow-worm" [Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge issue 11, June 2, 1832]

Might beautify and cheer the night - Cowper "Nightingale and Glow-worm" [Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge issue 11, June 2, 1832]

Sing and shine with one consent - Cowper "Nightingale and Glow-worm" [Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge issue 11, June 2, 1832]

Till life's poor transient night is spent - Cowper "Nightingale and Glow-worm" [Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge issue 11, June 2, 1832]

Though chased with furious heat - William Cowper "On a Spaniel called "Beau" killing a Young Bird"

The blackbird has fled to another retreat - William Cowper "The Poplar Field"

A lyre with other strings - William Cowper "To Mary Unwin"

A Book by seraphs writ - William Cowper "To Mary Unwin"

All thy threads with magic art - William Cowper "To the Same"

Language uttered in a dream - William Cowper "To the Same"


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