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The life and posthumous writings
Cowper, William (1731-1800)
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[Doom'd, as I am, in solitude to waste]
[The straw-stuff'd hamper with his ruthless steel]
[Could Homer come himself, distress'd and poor]
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[Abbot is painting me so true]
[Through floods and flames to your retreat]
[Beware of building! I intended]
[The Sculptor?—nameless, though once dear to fame]
[Her pen drops eloquence as sweet]
[To be remember'd thus is fame]
VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LLOYD,
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[Through floods and flames to your retreat]
LETTER XXXIV.
To WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esqr.
Weston, July 29, 1792.
Through floods and flames to your retreat
I win my desp'rate way,
And when we meet, if e'er we meet,
Will echo your huzza.
The life and posthumous writings